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cyme

cyme \'si-m\ n [NL cyma, fr. L, cabbage sprout, fr. Gk kyma swell, wave, 
   cabbage s]prout, fr. kyein to be pregnant : an inflorescence in which all 
   floral axes terminate in a single flower;  esp : 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