Definition of Corymb. Meaning of Corymb. Synonyms of Corymb

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Definition of Corymb

Corymb
Corymb Cor"ymb (k?r"?mb or -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr. ????.] (Bot.) (a) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn. (b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

Meaning of Corymb from wikipedia

- Corymb is a botanical term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner...
- inflorescence with the form but not necessarily the structure of a panicle". A corymb may have a paniculate branching structure, with the lower flowers having...
- cymose corymb is similar to a racemose corymb but has a panicle-like structure. Another type of panicle is the anthela. An anthela is a cymose corymb with...
- The flowers are 2 to 4 cm (3⁄4 to 1+1⁄2 in) in diameter, arranged in a corymb, with the typical Br****icaceae flower structure. The petals are creamy white...
- and acute apex. The flowers are produced in flat corymbs 5–15 cm diameter in mid-summer; each corymb includes a small number of peripheral sterile white...
- polygamodioecious. The flowers are regular, pentamerous, and borne in racemes, corymbs, or umbels. They have four or five sepals, four or five petals about 1–6 mm...
- are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) most often at the ends of the stems. Typically the flowerheads...
- inflorescences may be compact or loosely composed racemes, panicles or corymbs. Remarkable for species in the daisy family, each flower head contains...
- evergreen leaves with an entire margin. The flowers are solitary or in small corymbs, each flower 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) diameter, with five (rarely four) white...
- Tansy: corymb of flower heads with recognisable Fibonacci spirals entered by ants...