Definition of "cymose" [cy•mose]

• Relating to or resembling a cyme; determinate. (adjective)
• Bearing a cyme or cymes. (adjective)

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• "The flowers are solitary or cymose and vary in colour from white to purple."
• "The instances just cited all occur in plants having an indefinite form of inflorescence; but the production of a tuft of leaves or of a leafy shoot above or beyond the inflorescence is not confined to plants with this habit of growth, for Jacquin figures and describes an instance of this nature in the cymose flower-stems of a"
• "Instances of adhesion between different organs is seen under ordinary circumstances in the bract of the Lime tree, which adheres to the peduncle, also in _Neuropeltis_, while in _Erythrochiton hypophyllanthus_ the cymose peduncles are adherent to the under surface of the leaf."