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cyme

DEFINITIONS OF: cyme

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n more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first

Types:
cymule
a small cyme, generally with few flowers
glomerule
a compacted or sessile cyme
scorpioid cyme
a cyme with flowers or branches alternating in opposite ranks
Type of:
inflorescence
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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