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Cyme

/saɪm/

(spelt cime) A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.

📖 Definitions of "Cyme"

noun

1
(spelt cime) 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. Contrast raceme.
3
= cyma

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
corymbose	(botany) Consisting of, or resembling, corymbs.
umbellate	Having umbels.
scorpioidnoun	A scorpion-like creature.
monochasial	Relating to the monochasium.
dichasial	Relating to a dichasium.
cymeletnoun	(botany) A little cyme.
cymanoun	(architecture) The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself.
cymulenoun	(botany) A small cyme, or one with very few flowers.
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
cimanoun	A surname from Italian.
calyculenoun	(botany) Synonym of calyculus (“group of bracts resembling an outer calyx”).
cupulenoun	Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
corymbnoun	(botany) A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
corymbusnoun	(botany) Synonym of corymb.
cucullusnoun	(zoology) A colour marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.
capsheafnoun	The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc
cuspulenoun	A small cusp.
cincinnusnoun	(botany) A type of monochasium on which the successive axes arise alternately in respect to the preceding one; a scorpioid cyme.
civenoun	Obsolete form of chive (“the herb”). [A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.]
calyxnoun	(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.