cyme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G.106 This is what we call a cyme-joint, a cohesion of two curved surfaces. 4) 250 The meadow-sweet, with its crowded cymes.? 3.? Arch.?= Cyma.? 1877 Blackmore Erema III. 55 The arrangement of the flowers in the elder is called a cyme.? 1854 S. to compound inflorescences of this type forming a more or less flat head.? 1794 Martyn Rousseau’s Bot. ( cyme.)?A species of inflorescence wherein the primary axis bears a single terminal flower which develops first, the system being continued by axes of secondary and higher orders which develop successively in like manner a centrifugal or definite inflorescence: opposed to Raceme. Sallet, The Buds and tender Cime of Nettles by some eaten raw, by others boiled.? 2.? Bot. ? Cyme ( s?im).?Also 8 cime.?†? 1.?( cime.)?A ‘head’ (of unexpanded leaves, etc.).? Obs. “ Cyme” listed on page 1303 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles.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.ĭerived terms Related terms Translations References 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. 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.( 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.( spelt cime, obsolete, rare ) A “ head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.) an opening bud.( Received Pronunciation ) enPR: s?m, IPA (key): /sa?m/.cime ( in the obsolete first sense only, ).For considerably more information, see cyma, which is an etymological doublet. Multiple fruits - come from several different flowers joined together eg pineapples.Borrowed from French cime, cyme ( “ top, summit ” ), from the Vulgar Latin *cima, from the Latin c?ma ( “ young sprout of a cabbage”, “spring shoots of cabbage ” ), from the Ancient Greek ? ( kûma, “ anything swollen, such as a wave or billow” “fetus”, “embryo”, “sprout of a plant ” ), from ? ( kú?, “ I conceive”, “I become pregnant” in the aorist “I impregnate ” ). Grains - have the fruit and seed joined closely together eg wheat, rice, barley. Nuts - have one seed and a hard pericarp eg acorns Legumes - split along two sides eg beans, peasĬapsules - are dry fruit that have several carpels eg orchids Types of fruit Pome - most of the fruit is formed from the receptacle (under the flower) eg pear, appleĭrupe - has fleshy fruit and a single seed with a hard endocarp eg peaches, coconut and olivesīerry - has many seeds eg tomatoes, peppers and cucumber but not strawberries!Īggregate fruit - develop from one flower with many pistils eg strawberries. The mesocarp forms the fleshy tissue in the middle and the endocarp surrounds the seed. Fruit is made of three layers: the exocarp is the outer layer. Pr ( absorbs red light ) and Pfr ( absorbs far red light ).Īfter pollination, the seed develops inside a fruit. Night length is measured using a protein : phytochrome which has two forms : Plants actually measure night length, not day length.Ī flash of bright light in the night will reset the plants internal clock. ĭay neutral plants : flower any time of year eg peas, corn, rice.Long day ( short night ) plants : flower in summer eg lettuce, tomato Short day ( long night ) plants : flower in winter/spring eg poinsettia, strawberry corymb - has flowers that form a flat surface, yet are attached to different points of the stem.raceme - has flowers on stalks alternating up the stem.spike - has flowers joined directly to a tall stem.umbels - have several flowers all attached to the same point in a semi-circle.catkins - hang down with flowers close together.perennials grow for many years and can flower repeatedly.įlowers may be single, or grouped together to form an inflorescence.biennials grow for two seasons, and flower and die the second year.annuals grow in a single season or year and die after they flower.Botany Chapter 8 : Flowers and Fruit Chapter 8 : Flowers and Fruitįlowering plants come in three basic types: