cymose

[ sahy-mohs, sahy-mohs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. bearing a cyme or cymes.
2. of or of the nature of a cyme.

cymose

/ -məʊz; saɪˈməʊs; ˈsaɪməʊs /

adjective

1. having the characteristics of a cyme

Derived Forms

• ˈcymosely, adverb

Other Words From

• cymose·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cymose¹

First recorded in 1800–10, cymose is from the Latin word cymōsus full of shoots. See cyme, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Usually twining or trailing; flowers on axillary peduncles or cymose-glomerate.

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Flowers cymose, mostly bracted; the open clusters terminal or crowded in the upper axils.

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Flowers small, cymose-clustered, mostly white; usually produced late in summer and in autumn.

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Diagram of the inflorescence of Euphorbia, illustrating the dichasial cymose arrangement of the ultimate branches.

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To this form the terms trichasial and polychasial cyme have been applied; but these are now usually designated cymose umbels.

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