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corymb
[ kawr-imb, -im, kor- ]
noun
- a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the first to open.
corymb
/ ˈkɒrɪmb; -rɪm /
noun
- an inflorescence in the form of a flat-topped flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the periphery. This type of raceme occurs in the candytuft
corymb
/ ô′ĭ,-ĭ /
- An indeterminate inflorescence whose outer flowers have longer stalks than the inner flowers, so that together they form a round cluster that is rather flat on top. The outer flowers open before the inner ones. Yarrow and the hawthorn have corymbs.
- See illustration at inflorescence
Derived Forms
- ˈ⳾Dz, adverb
- ˈǰ⳾, adjective
- ˈ⳾Dz, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ǰy adjective
- ǰyl adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of corymb1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of corymb1
Example Sentences
Otherwise as Tussilago.—Perennial woolly herbs, with the leaves all from the rootstock, white-woolly beneath, the scape with sheathing scaly bracts, bearing heads of purplish or whitish fragrant flowers, in a corymb.
It has great corymbs of tiny white blossoms with tight little buff buds squeezing out among the open Roses.
C. umbellata, 3 to 4 in., much branched, with narrow hairy leaves, and corymbs of magenta-crimson flowers in the summer months.
Corymbose, in corymbs, or in the form of a corymb.
Rounded corymbs of these flowers on short side twigs cover the tree with a robe of white after the leaves appear.
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