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

Cymose Sentence Examples

  • The flowers are stellate, cymose, on stems rising from the heart of the leafy rosettes.

  • The flowers, which are generally arranged in a cymose inflorescence, are hermaphrodite, hypogynous, and, except in Pelargoniums, regular.

  • Biparous Cyme (Dichotomous),including 3-5chotomou3 Cymes (Dichasium, Cymose Umbel, Anthela).

  • The inflorescence is of a cymose character, the terminal branch being represented by the tendril, the side branches by flower-stalks, or the inflorescence may be reduced to a single stalk.

  • A cymose inflorescence is an inflorescence where the primary floral axis before terminating in a flower gives off one or more lateral unifloral axes which repeat the process - the development being only limited by the vigour of the plant.

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Words Starting With

CCYCYM

Words Ending With

ESEOSE

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cymose

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CY & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With SE

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With E