Definition of cyme

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Cyme (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..

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Oxycymene :: Oxycymene (n.) Hydroxy cymene. Same as Carvacrol.
Cymiferous :: Cymiferous (a.) Producing cymes.
Meadowwort :: Meadowwort (n.) The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes..
Cymoid :: Cymoid (a.) Having the form of a cyme.
Cymenol :: Cymenol (n.) See Carvacrol.
Cymule :: Cymule (n.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers..
Sheepberry :: Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry..
Cyma :: Cyma (n.) A cyme. See Cyme.
Camphogen :: Camphogen (n.) See Cymene.
Cymene :: Cymene (n.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen..
Linden :: Linden (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe..
Uniparous :: Uniparous (a.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.
Eucalyptol :: Eucalyptol (n.) A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene..
Scrophularia :: Scrophularia (n.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Scymetar :: Scymetar (n.) See Scimiter.
Thymol :: Thymol (n.) A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene..
Verticillaster :: Verticillaster (a.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl..
Paracymene :: Paracymene (n.) Same as Cymene.
Cyme :: Cyme (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..
Glomerule :: Glomerule (n.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood..
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