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cyme

[ sahym ]

noun

  1. an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
  2. a flat or convex inflorescence of this type.


cyme

/ saɪm; saɪˈmɪfərəs /

noun

  1. an inflorescence in which the first flower is the terminal bud of the main stem and subsequent flowers develop as terminal buds of lateral stems
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cyme

/ sīm /

  1. A usually flat-topped or convex determinate inflorescence in which the central main stem and each side branch end in a flower. The flowers in the cluster begin blooming from the flower on the main stem downwards or outwards. Baby's breath, dogwood, and the tomato have cymes.


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Derived Forms

  • cymiferous, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyme1

1595–1605; < Latin cȳma cabbage sprout < Greek kŷma; cyma
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyme1

C18: from Latin cӯma cabbage sprout, from Greek kuma anything swollen; see cyma
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Example Sentences

Pair of ear-rings, from a grave at Cyme in Aeolis, with filigree work and pendant Erotes.

Cyme, in appearance much like a corymb, but it differs in the fact that the central flower blooms first.

Flowers moncious, rarely dicious, in a terminal open forking cyme; the fertile ones usually in the lower forks.

Diminutive of , a branch, from the repeatedly branched cyme of the original species.

Compound cyme of Hydrangea arborescens, with neutral enlarged flowers round the circumference.

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