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cymose

cymose adjective: having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.

Adjective

cymose (not comparable)

  1. having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
    • Coordinate term: racemose

cymose meaning in Tamil

cymose in Tamil

நுனிவளராமுறையான

Origin of cymose

From the Latin cȳmōsus, from cȳma, whence the English cyma.

Words formed from cymose

Questions about cymose

What does cymose mean?
Cymose means having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
What is cymose in Tamil?
Cymose in Tamil is நுனிவளராமுறையான. See Cymose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cymose?
Cymose is an adjective.

Words near cymose in the dictionary

  1. cymophanes
  2. cymophanous
  3. cymophenol
  4. cymoscope
  5. cymoscopes
  6. cymose
  7. cymosely
  8. cymothoid
  9. cymothoids
  10. cymothooid
  11. cymothooidean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cymose (page history and authors); cymose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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