cyme
Americannoun
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an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
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a flat or convex inflorescence of this type.
noun
Other Word Forms
- cymiferous adjective
Etymology
Origin of cyme
1595–1605; < Latin cȳma cabbage sprout < Greek kŷma; see cyma
Example Sentences
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"I cyme all the w'y from Ilford 'cause I'd never seen 'im," she cried.
From Time Magazine Archive
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An inflorescence has the form of a dichotomously-branched cyme bearing small erect cones; those containing the female flowers attain the size of a fir-cone, and are scarlet in colour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
The term dichasium has also been applied to this form of cyme.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
JÁTROPHA, L. Flowers monœcious, rarely diœcious, in a terminal open forking cyme; the fertile ones usually in the lower forks.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The well-known Snow-ball Tree, or Guelder-Rose, is a cultivated state, with the whole cyme turned into showy sterile flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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