cyme
A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which…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.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.
Zyme
more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
A cyma.
(obsolete, rare)A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.
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