Cymose Definition

sīmōs
adjective
Of or like a cyme; determinate.
Webster's New World
Bearing a cyme or cymes.
Webster's New World
(botany) Having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
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Origin of Cymose

  • From the Latin cȳmōsus, from cȳma, whence the English cyma.

    From Wiktionary

  • cym(e) –ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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