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cymose
[ sahy-mohs, sahy-mohs ]
adjective
- bearing a cyme or cymes.
- of or of the nature of a cyme.
cymose
/ saɪˈməʊs; ˈsaɪməʊs; -məʊz /
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.
Flowers cymose, mostly bracted; the open clusters terminal or crowded in the upper axils.
Flowers small, cymose-clustered, mostly white; usually produced late in summer and in autumn.
Diagram of the inflorescence of Euphorbia, illustrating the dichasial cymose arrangement of the ultimate branches.
To this form the terms trichasial and polychasial cyme have been applied; but these are now usually designated cymose umbels.
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