cyme

cyme
noun Etymology: New Latin cyma, from Latin, cabbage sprout, from Greek kyma swell, wave, cabbage sprout, from kyein to be pregnant; akin to Sanskrit śvayati it swells, grows Date: 1794 an inflorescence in which each floral axis terminates in a single flower; especially a determinate inflorescence of this type containing several flowers with the first-opening central flower terminating the main axis and subsequent flowers developing from lateral buds — see inflorescence illustration

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  • cyme — cyme …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • cyme — [ sim ] n. f. • 1771; lat. cyma « tendron de chou » ♦ Bot. Type d inflorescence avec un axe principal (distinct de la grappe, sans axe défini). ⊗ HOM. Cime. ● cyme nom féminin (latin cyma, tendron de chou) Inflorescence dans laquelle chaque… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cyme — or CYME may refer to: Any of several ancient Greek cities (Greek Κύμη, also spelled Kymē, Cuma or Cumae): Cyme (Euboea) (modern Kymi) Cyme (Aeolis) Cyme (Italy) (Cumae, an ancient colony of Euboean Kyme, near Naples) An Amazon in Greek mythology …   Wikipedia

  • Cyme — • A titular see of Asia Minor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cyme     Cyme     † Catholic E …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cyme — steht für: einen Verzweigungsmodus bei Blütenpflanzen, siehe dazu Sympodium Cyme (Titularbistum), ein Titularbistum der römisch katholischen Kirche Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselbe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cyme — cyme; cyme·let; …   English syllables

  • Cyme — (a. Geogr.), so v.w. Cumä …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Cyme — Cyme, Stadt, s. Kyme …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Cyme — CYME, es, Gr. Κύμη, ης, eine der Amazonen, von welcher die Stadt Kuma den Namen bekommen. Steph. Byz. in Κύμη …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • CYME — urbs Aeolidis. Vide Cumae. Inde enim coloniâ deductâ ab Aeolibus, Cumis Italicis origo fuit, uti habet Marcianus Heracleoia, Μιτὰ δὲ Λατίνους ἐςτὶν εν Ο᾿πικοῖς πόλις Κύμη, πρότερον ἥν Χαλκιδεῖς ἀπῴκισαν, Εἰ̈τ᾿ Αἰολεῖς, μάλιςτα τ᾿ ἐυανδρουμένη Η῾… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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