cyme  (sīm)  n. A usually flat-topped or convex flower cluster in which the main axis and each branch end in a flower that opens before the flowers below or to the side of it. [Latin cȳma, young cabbage sprout, from Greek kūma, anything swollen, sprout; see cyma.] cy·mif'er·ous (sī-mĭf'ər-əs) adj. |