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Definition of Cyme
1. Noun. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
Definition of Cyme
1. n. A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.
Definition of Cyme
1. Noun. (form of erroneous form senna) ¹
2. Noun. (context: spelt ''(cime)'' obsolete rare) A “(head)” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening (bud). ¹
3. Noun. (botany) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast (term raceme). ¹
4. Noun. (architecture) = (cyma) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyme
1. a flower cluster [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cyme
1. An inflorescence in which each flower, in turn, is formed at the tip of a growing axis and further flowers are formed on branches arising below it. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyme
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