Cymae vs Cyme - What's the difference?
cymae | cyme |
* 1905 , American Journal of Archaeology ,
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.
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* 2003 , S. M. Reddy, S. J. Chary, University Botany 2: Gymnosperms, Plant Anatomy, Genetics, Ecology ,
* 2003 , David Curtis Ferree, Ian J. Warrington, Apples: Botany, Production and Uses ,
(architecture) = (l)
??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'''?(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. * “
As nouns the difference between cymae and cyme
is that cymae is while cyme is a “(l)” (of unexpanded leaves, etc); an opening (l) or cyme can be .cymae
English
Noun
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- Acanthus blossoms, drying like immortelles, “bloom continually” (Hellanicus, ap.'' Athen. XV, 680 a). Therefore carved acanthus garlands adorn the Erechtheum, while the plant is carved on cymae , stelae-acroteria (Conze, ''Attische Grabreliefs'', pl. clxv) and antefixes (Lycian Payava Tomb), and is sketched from life on white Athenian lecythi (''Brit. Mus. Coll. pl. xiv), which, conventionalized, it constantly encircles.
cyme
English
Etymology 1
From the (etyl) (m), . For considerably more information, see (m).Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- The inflorescence is some form of cyme , and the flowers are usually regular.
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- The plant bears small groups of two or three yellowish coloured flowers on an axillary cyme .
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- 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.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)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.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 ----