Similar words: lachrymose, frequency modulation, zymosis, thymosin, chymosin, ecchymosis, mosel, moses. Meaning: adj. 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.
(1) A determinate cymose inflorescence with a zigzag rachis.
(2) A type of cymose inflorescence with only a single main axis.
(3) A cymose inflorescence with more than two branches from the main axis.
(4) The term is sometimes applied to cymose inflorescences, in which growth ceases with the production of a terminal flower bud.
(5) Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives.
(6) Any of numerous low-growing herbs of the genus Arenaria, having small, usually white flowers often grouped in cymose clusters.
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