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corymb(dictionary)

corymb (iou)



corymb noun. E18.
[French corymbe or Latin corymbus from Greek korumbos summit, cluster of fruit or flowers.]
Botany. An inflorescence whose lower flower stalks are proportionally longer so that the flowers form a flat or slightly convex head. Formerly also, a discoidal head of a composite flower. E18.
A cluster of ivy berries or grapes. E18.
co'rymbiform adjective having the form of a corymb L19.
corymbose adjective growing in or as a corymb; of the nature of a corymb: L18.
corymbosely adverb M19.