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4 Jul 2011, 7:20 pm
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions) | | | | Line 8: | Line 8: | | | | | | # {{botany}} A flattish or convex [[flower]] [[cluster]], of the centrifugal or [[determinate]] type, on which each axis [[terminate]]s with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. | | # {{botany}} A flattish or convex [[flower]] [[cluster]], of the centrifugal or [[determinate]] type, on which each axis [[terminate]]s with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. | | | + | #* '''1906''', [[w:Daniel Coit Gilman|Daniel Coit Gilman]], [[w:Harry Thurston Peck|Harry Thurston Peck]], [[w:Frank Moore Colby|Frank Moore Colby]] (editors), ''[[s:The New International Encyclopædia/Gentianaceæ|Gentianaceæ]]'', article in ''[[w:New International Encyclopedia|The New International Encyclopædia]]'', | | | + | #*: The inflorescence is some form of '''cyme''', and the flowers are usually regular. | | | + | #* '''2003''', S. M. Reddy, S. J. Chary, ''University Botany 2: Gymnosperms, Plant Anatomy, Genetics, Ecology'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=V_zkSl13egYC&pg=PA190&dq=%22cyme%22+intitle:botany&hl=en&ei=cQASTv73NcWgmQWW_JyuDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22cyme%22%20intitle%3Abotany&f=false page 190], | | | + | #*: The plant bears small groups of two or three yellowish coloured flowers on an axillary '''cyme'''. | | | + | #* '''2003''', David Curtis Ferree, Ian J. Warrington, ''Apples: Botany, Production and Uses'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=_-MePLY9imoC&pg=PA157&dq=%22cyme%22+intitle:botany&hl=en&ei=RQMSTqHgGOygmQX2mLyjDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=%22cyme%22%20intitle%3Abotany&f=false page 157], | | | + | #*: The flower cluster is a '''cyme''' (terminal flower is the most advanced), is terminal within the bud and may contain up to six individual flowers. | | | | | | ===References=== | | ===References=== | | Line 13: | Line 19: | | | | | | ---- | | ---- | | | + | | | ==Old English== | | ==Old English== | | | | |
Latest revision as of 18:20, 4 July 2011 [edit] English [edit] Etymology From Latin cyma ("the young sprount of a cabbage") from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kuma) from κύω (kuō, "I am pregnant, I conceive") cyme (plural cymes) - (botany) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it.
- 1906, Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (editors), Gentianaceæ, article in The New International Encyclopædia,
- The inflorescence is some form of cyme, and the flowers are usually regular.
- 2003, S. M. Reddy, S. J. Chary, University Botany 2: Gymnosperms, Plant Anatomy, Genetics, Ecology, page 190,
- The plant bears small groups of two or three yellowish coloured flowers on an axillary cyme.
- 2003, David Curtis Ferree, Ian J. Warrington, Apples: Botany, Production and Uses, page 157,
- The flower cluster is a cyme (terminal flower is the most advanced), is terminal within the bud and may contain up to six individual flowers.
[edit] References
[edit] Old English [edit] Etymology 1 From Proto-Germanic *kumiz ("arrival") from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ("to go, come"). Akin to Old Frisian keme, Old Saxon kumi, Old High German cumi ("arrival"), Gothic 𐌵𐌿𐌼𐍃 (qums), Old English cuman ("to come"). More at come. cyme m. - coming, arrival; advent, approach
- an event
- an outcome, result
[edit] Declension Declension of cyme (strong i-stem) [edit] Etymology 2 From Proto-Germanic *kūmiz ("delicate, feeble"). Akin to Old High German kūmo ("tender, dainty, weak") (German kaum ("hardly")). [edit] Adjective cȳme - comely, lovely, splendid, beautiful
- exquisite
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