Search for crossword answers and clues
More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
Answer for the clue "More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first ", 4 letters:
cyme
Alternative clues for the word cyme
Word definitions for cyme in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cyme \Cyme\ (s?m), n. [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. ???, prop., anything swollen, hence also cyme, wave, fr. ??? to be pregnant.] (Bot.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cyme (modern Turkish Nemrut Limani ) was an Aeolian city in Aeolis ( Asia Minor ) close to the kingdom of Lydia . The Aeolians regarded Cyme as the largest and most important of their twelve cities, which were located on the coastline of Asia Minor (modern-day ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. 1 {{context|spelt ''(l en cime)''|obsolete|rare|lang=en}} A “(l en head)” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening (l en bud). 2 (context botany English) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which ...
Usage examples of cyme.
Meantime off Cyme there was a naval battle between Menecrates and Calvisius Sabinus.
At Cyme in Campania, between Misenum and Puteoli, there is a crescent-shaped spot.
Your hasty judgments stay, Until the topmost cyme Have crowned the last entablature of Time.
The other novices were off with Cyme and Phoebe, searching for Goddess Pride.
Only Goddess Pride had not been heard from -- but it was up to Cyme and Phoebe to find them.
Raising its creamy cymes of blossoms in every ditch where there is a little moisture.
This rowan-tree of Scotland has no weird horrors here, but it is the ornament of the woods, with white cymes, red berries, and feathery leaves.
Equally handsome whether white-garlanded cymes of blossoms or scarlet berries, waxen when partly ripe.
Raising its creamy cymes of blossoms in every ditch where there is a little moisture.
This rowan-tree of Scotland has no weird horrors here, but it is the ornament of the woods, with white cymes, red berries, and feathery leaves.