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cymose

Cymose vs Cyme - What's the difference?

cymose | cyme |

Cyme is a related term of cymose.



In botany terms the difference between cymose and cyme

is that cymose is 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 while cyme is 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 {{term|raceme|lang=en}}.

As an adjective cymose

is 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.

As a noun cyme is

a “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.

Terms vs Cymose - What's the difference?

terms | cymose |


As a noun terms

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As an adjective cymose is

(botany) 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.

Cymose vs Zymose - What's the difference?

cymose | zymose |


As an adjective cymose

is (botany) 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.

As a noun zymose is

(obsolete|enzyme) invertin.

Comose vs Cymose - What's the difference?

comose | cymose |


In botany|lang=en terms the difference between comose and cymose

is that comose is (botany) bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down while cymose is (botany) 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.

As adjectives the difference between comose and cymose

is that comose is (botany) bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down while cymose is (botany) 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.

Cymose vs Recemose - What's the difference?

cymose | recemose |

Cymose vs Sabbatia - What's the difference?

cymose | sabbatia |


As an adjective cymose

is (botany) 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.

As a noun sabbatia is

, a genus of smooth slender north american herbs (family gentianaceae) with opposite leaves and showy white or rose-pink cymose flowers.

Cymose vs Thyrse - What's the difference?

cymose | thyrse |


In botany|lang=en terms the difference between cymose and thyrse

is that cymose is (botany) 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 while thyrse is (botany) a type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.

As an adjective cymose

is (botany) 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.

As a noun thyrse is

(botany) a type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.