corymb

corymb
noun (plural corymbs) Etymology: French corymbe, from Latin corymbus cluster of fruit or flowers, from Greek korymbos Date: 1794 a flat-topped inflorescence; specifically ; one in which the flower stalks arise at different levels on the main axis and reach about the same height and in which the outer flowers open firstsee inflorescence illustrationcorymbose adjective

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  • Corymb — Cor ymb (k?r ?mb or ?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr. ko rymbos.] (Bot.) (a) A flat topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • corymb — [kôr′im, kôr′imb] n. [Fr corymbe < L corymbus, cluster of fruit or flowers < Gr korymbos; akin to korys: see CORYDALIS] a broad, flat topped cluster of flowers in which the outer flower stalks are long and those toward the center… …   English World dictionary

  • corymb — corymbed, adj. corymblike, adj. /kawr imb, im, kor /, n. Bot. a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the first to open. See illus. under inflorescence. [1700 10; < L corymbus …   Universalium

  • corymb — noun a cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top …   Wiktionary

  • corymb — cor·ymb || kÉ’rɪmb n. (Botany) cluster of flowers; flat topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height …   English contemporary dictionary

  • corymb — [ kɒrɪmb] noun Botany a flower cluster whose lower stalks are proportionally longer so that the flowers form a flat or slightly convex head. Derivatives corymbose adjective Origin C18: from Fr. corymbe or L. corymbus, from Gk korumbos cluster …   English new terms dictionary

  • corymb — «us (G). The top, summit a cluster of flowers …   Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

  • corymb — cor·ymb …   English syllables

  • corymb — cor•ymb [[t]ˈkɔr ɪmb, ɪm, ˈkɒr [/t]] n. bot a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat topped or convex cluster • Etymology: 1700–10; < L corymbus < Gk kórymbos head, top, cluster of fruit or flowers cor′ymbed, adj.… …   From formal English to slang

  • corymb — /ˈkɒrɪmb/ (say korimb), / rɪm/ (say rim) noun a form of inflorescence resembling a raceme, but having a relatively shorter rachis and longer lower pedicels, so that the flowers form a flat topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the …  

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