Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a simple or diminutive cyme, by itself or forming part of a compound cyme. Also
cymelet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.
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- noun botany A small
cyme , or one with very fewflowers .
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- noun a small cyme, generally with few flowers
Etymologies
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From the Latin cȳmula ("a tender sprout"), the diminutive form of cȳma, whence the English cyma and, ultimately, cyme.
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