Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corymb"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corymb \Cor"ymb\ (k?r"?mb or -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster
of flowers, Gr. ????.] (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of
blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corymb
n : 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
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