[sahy-muh] 
[-mee] , -mas. | 1. | Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used esp. in classical architecture. Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa. |
| 2. | Botany. a cyme. |
cy·ma (sī'mə)  (click for larger image in new window) n. Either of two moldings, cyma recta or cyma reversa, having an undulating or S-shaped profile, used especially in classical architecture. Also called cymatium. [New Latin cȳma, from Greek kūma, wave, cyma, from kuein, to swell; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.] |