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CYMOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cymose mean?
• CYMOSE (adjective)
The adjective CYMOSE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: CYMOSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Similar:
determinate (not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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