cyme
/saɪm/
noun
- A type of flower cluster in which the central flower blooms first, followed by the flowers on the side branches.
- The garden phlox produces a dense cyme of pink blossoms in summer.
- In a cyme, the oldest flower is at the center and the youngest at the tips.
- The botanist identified the plant by its flat-topped cyme of small white flowers.
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