Cymose

Cyme [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonym: Cymose inflorescences, Determinate inflorescence Adjective: Cymose

A broad, flat-topped or domed determinate inflorescence, the central flowers maturing first.

A cymose inflorescence or determinate is a type of flower cluster terminating in a flower and blossoming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower; hence cymose means not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis, having a determinate growth.

A cyme is an iflorescence consisting of a central rachis terminated whose growing points are each terminated with a flower, so that continued growth depends on the production of new lateral flowers or new cymes.

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