corymb

UK: /ˈkɒrɪmb/ US: (kôr′imb, -im, kor′-)

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cor•ymb  (kôr′imb, -im, kor′-), n. [Bot.]

1. Botany a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the first to open. See illus. under inflorescence. 

• Greek kórymbos head, top, cluster of fruit or flowers
• Latin corymbus
• 1700–10

cor′ymbed, adj. 
cor′ymb′like′, adj. 

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corymb / ˈkɒrɪmb -rɪm/ noun

1. 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

Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin corymbus, from Greek korumbos cluster