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Cyme

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 chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.

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cyme

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 each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast (term raceme English). 3 (context architecture English) = (l en cyma) n. 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 each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast (term raceme English). 3 (context architecture English) = (l en cyma) Etymology 2

n. (form of erroneous form senna English)

WordNet
cyme

n. more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first

Wikipedia
Cyme

Cyme or CYME may refer to:

several ancient Greek cities (Greek Κύμη, also spelled Kymē, Cuma or Cumae):
  • Cyme (Euboea) (modern Kymi)
  • Cyme (Aeolis) in Asia Minor, also a former bishopric and present Catholic titular see as Cuma (Asia Minor)
  • Cyme (Italy) (Cuma, an ancient colony of Euboean Kyme), near Naples, also a former bishopric and present Catholic titular see as Cuma (Asia Minor)
other
  • an Amazon in Greek mythology, eponym of Cyme (Aeolis)
  • Cyme (moth), a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae
  • Cyme (botany), an arrangement of flowers in a plant inflorescence
abbreviation
  • CYME, the ICAO code of Matane Airport
Cyme (Aeolis)

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 Turkey). As a result of their direct access to the sea, unlike most non-landlocked settlements of the ancient world, trade is believed to have prospered.

Cyme (moth)

Cyme is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.

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.