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cymose

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cy⋅mose

  [sahy-mohs, sahy-mohs]
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–adjective Botany.
1. bearing a cyme or cymes.
2. of or of the nature of a cyme.
Origin:
1800–10; < L cymōsus full of shoots. See cyme, -ose 1

Related forms:
cy⋅mose⋅ly, adverb
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cy·mose   (sī'mōs')   
adj.  

  1. Relating to or resembling a cyme; determinate.

  2. Bearing a cyme or cymes.


[cym(e) + -ose1.]
cy'mose'ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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