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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cyme \Cyme\ (s?m), noun [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. ???, prop., anything swollen, hence also cyme, wave, fr. ??? to be pregnant.] (Bot.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cyme
noun: more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
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