cyme

A usually flat-topped or convex flower cluster in which the main axis and each branch end in a flower that opens before the flowers below or to the side of it.

[Latin c[ymacr]ma, young cabbage sprout, from Greek kūma, anything swollen, sprout. See cyma.]

A branched flower cluster that blooms from the center toward the edges.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first

Cyme or CYME may refer to:

• Cyme (Aeolis), an ancient Greek city on the east coast of the Aegean Sea
• Kymi, an ancient Greek city on the west coast of the Aegean Sea
• Matane Airport
• A type of inflorescence on a plant

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