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cyme
/saɪm/
noun 4
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3ADJ.
axillary, terminal
VERB + CYME
form
PREP.
on
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noun
1
A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.
2
A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it.
The inflorescence is some form of cyme, and the flowers are usually regular.
The plant bears small groups of two or three yellowish coloured flowers on an axillary cyme.
3
A cyma.
noun
1
Misspelling of senna.
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The inflorescence is some form of cyme, and the flowers are usually regular.
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The plant bears small groups of two or three yellowish coloured flowers on an axillary cyme.
Wiktionary03
The flower cluster is a cyme (terminal flower is the most advanced), is terminal within the bud and may contain up to six individual flowers.
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