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Cyma vs Cyme - What's the difference?

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In architecture|lang=en terms the difference between cyma and cyme

is that cyma is (architecture) a (l) of the (l), (l) in (l), whose (l) consists of a (l) and a (l) line; an (l) while cyme is (architecture) = (l).

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between cyma and cyme

is that cyma is (botany) = (l) while cyme is (botany) 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.

As nouns the difference between cyma and cyme

is that cyma is (architecture) a (l) of the (l), (l) in (l), whose (l) consists of a (l) and a (l) line; an (l) while cyme is a “(l)” (of unexpanded leaves, etc); an opening (l) or cyme can be .

cyma

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

  • (architecture) A (l) of the (l), (l) in (l), whose (l) consists of a (l) and a (l) line; an (l).
  • (botany) = (l)

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l)

    Related terms

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    References

    * “ ? Cyma]” listed on page 1,302 of volume II (C) of '' [1st ed., 1893]
    ? Cyma''' ( anything swollen, a billow, a wave, a waved or ogee moulding, the young sprout of a cabbage (in which sense also L. ''c?ma'', whence the botanical use).] [¶] '''1.''' ''Arch.'' A moulding of the cornice, the outline of which consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. [¶] ''Cyma recta'': a moulding concave in its upper part, and convex in its lower part. ''Cyma reversa'' (rarely ''inversa''): a moulding convex in its upper part, and concave in its lower part. [¶] '''1563''' Shute ''Archit.'' Ci b, 4 partes geue also to Sima reuersa. ''Ibid.'' Ciij b, That second parte which remayneth of the Modulus ye shall geue vnto Syma. '''1703''' Moxon ''Mech. Exerc.'' 267 Scima reversa..Scima recta, or Ogee. '''1726''' Leoni ''Alberti’s Archit.'' II. 34 b, A Cima inversa of the breadth of two minutes. '''1761''' ''Brit. Mag.'' II. 642 The true cima, or cimaise. '''1850''' Leitch ''Müller’s Anc. Art.'' § 249. 258 A base of several plinths and cymas. [¶] '''2.''' ''Bot.'' = Cyme 1 and 2. [¶     '''1706''' Phillips (ed. Kersey), ''Cyma''..the young Sprout of Coleworts, or other Herbs: a little Shoot, or Branch: But it is more especially taken by Herbalists for the top of any Plant. '''1775 Lightfoot ''Flora Scotia (1792) I. 236 The cyma, or little umbel which terminates the branches. * Sturgis, Russel. Cyma'', in ''A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical,... MacMillan Co.:1901.[http://books.google.com/books?id=tQgFAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA6-PA738&lpg=RA6-PA738&dq=cyzicenus+architecture&source=web&ots=A64-fbGro6&sig=2q3mn-xfcqY_sNg3DGO3R_7NWB0
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    • * * “ ?cyma]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) ----

    cyme

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) (m), . For considerably more information, see (m).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A “(l)” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening (l).
  • (botany) 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.
  • * 1906 , ,
    • The inflorescence is some form of cyme , and the flowers are usually regular.
  • * 2003 , S. M. Reddy, S. J. Chary, University Botany 2: Gymnosperms, Plant Anatomy, Genetics, Ecology , page 190,
    • The plant bears small groups of two or three yellowish coloured flowers on an axillary cyme .
  • * 2003 , David Curtis Ferree, Ian J. Warrington, Apples: Botany, Production and Uses , page 157,
    • The flower cluster is a cyme (terminal flower is the most advanced), is terminal within the bud and may contain up to six individual flowers.
  • (architecture) = (l)
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)
    Related terms
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    References

    * “ Cyme]” listed on page 1303 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' [1st ed., 1893]
    ??Cyme''' ().?Also 8 '''cime'''.?[a. F. ''cime'', ''cyme'', in the sense ‘top, summit’ (12th c. in Hatzf.):?—?pop. L. ''cima'' = L. ''cyma'' (see above); in the Bot. sense an 18th c. adaptation of the ancient L.]?[¶]?†?'''1.'''?(''cime.'')?A ‘head’ (of unexpanded leaves, etc.).?''Obs. rare.''?[¶]?'''1725''' Bradley ''Fam. Dict.'' s. v. ''Sallet'', The Buds and tender Cime of Nettles by some eaten raw, by others boiled.?[¶]?'''2.'''?''Bot.'' (''cyme.'')?A species of inflorescence wherein the primary axis bears a single terminal flower which develops first, the system being continued by axes of secondary and higher orders which develop successively in like manner; a centrifugal or definite inflorescence: opposed to Raceme. Applied ''esp.'' to compound inflorescences of this type forming a more or less flat head.?[¶]?'''1794''' Martyn ''Rousseau’s Bot.'' v. 55 The arrangement of the flowers in the elder is called a cyme.?'''1854''' S. Thomson ''Wild Fl.'' iii. (ed. 4) 250 The meadow-sweet, with its crowded cymes.?[¶]?'''3.'''?''Arch.''?= Cyma.?[¶?'''1877 Blackmore ''Erema     III. xlvii. 106 This is what we call a cyme-joint, a cohesion of two curved surfaces. * * “ cyme]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Etymology 2

    An error for cynne, probably resulting from the overlapping of the two ens in handwriting.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • References

    * “ Cyme]” listed on page 1303 of volume II (C) of '' [1st ed., 1893]
    ??Cyme'''?(Shaks. ''Macb.'' v. iii. 55, 1st Folio), supposed to be an error for ''cynne'', Senna.?[¶?'''1605 Shaks. ''Macb.     v. iii. 55 What Rubarb, Cyme, or what Purgatiue drugge Would scowre these English hence. * “ cyme]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989 ----