CYME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cyme" is a kind of...):

inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyme"):

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)