cymose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side

WordNet

Cy"mose, Cy"mous adjective (Also<
  • Cymose
  • Cymous
)
Etymology
L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.

Webster 1913