meaning of corymb
1. 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.
2. Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.
3. flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
Related Words
corymb | corymbed | corymbiferous | corymbose | corymbosely |
