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cymose
[ sahy-mohs, sahy-mohs ]
adjective
, Botany.
- bearing a cyme or cymes.
- of or of the nature of a cyme.
cymose
/ -məʊz; saɪˈməʊs; ˈsaɪməʊs /
adjective
- having the characteristics of a cyme
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Derived Forms
- ˈcymosely, adverb
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Other Words From
- cymose·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Usually twining or trailing; flowers on axillary peduncles or cymose-glomerate.
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Flowers cymose, mostly bracted; the open clusters terminal or crowded in the upper axils.
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Flowers small, cymose-clustered, mostly white; usually produced late in summer and in autumn.
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Diagram of the inflorescence of Euphorbia, illustrating the dichasial cymose arrangement of the ultimate branches.
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To this form the terms trichasial and polychasial cyme have been applied; but these are now usually designated cymose umbels.
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