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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, noun; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus}, {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, adjective [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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