CORYMB

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.


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