cyme
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
a flat or convex inflorescence of this type.
Origin of cyme
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How to use cyme in a sentence
The rather large white flowers are in terminal cymes of from three to six.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flowers are much smaller—only about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and are arranged in loose, terminal cymes.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flowers have five sepals and five petals, are of a purple or crimson colour, and are clustered in close cymes.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flowers are in loose cymes, and imperfect; the staminate and the pistillate ones being usually on different plants.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flowers are small, and collected together in dense, purple cymes on the top of long, angular stalks.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for cyme
/ (saɪm) /
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
Origin of cyme
1Derived forms of cyme
- cymiferous (saɪˈmɪfərəs), adjective
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Scientific definitions for cyme
[ sīm ]
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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