What is "cymose"

Cymose \Cy"mose\ (s?"m?s; 277), Cymous \Cy"mous\ (s?"m?s), a. [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.) Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.

a. (context botany English) 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.

adj. 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