Cyme - What does it mean?
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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. * “
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 ----