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corymb

cor·ymb

(kôr′ĭmb, -ĭm, kŏr′-)

A usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points of the main stem to approximately the same height.

[French corymbe, from Latin corymbus, bunch of flowers, from Greek korumbos, head; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

cor′ym·bose′ (-ĭm-bōs′), co·rym′bous (kə-rĭm′bəs) adj.

cor′ym·bose′ly adv.

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corymb

(ˈkɒrɪmb; -rɪm)

(Botany) an inflorescence in the form of a flat-topped flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the periphery. This type of raceme occurs in the candytuft

[C18: from Latin corymbus, from Greek korumbos cluster]

ˈcorymbed adj

coˈrymbose, coˈrymbous adj

coˈrymbosely adv

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cor•ymb

(ˈkɔr ɪmb, -ɪm, ˈkɒr-)

n.

a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster.

[1700–10; < Latin corymbus < Greek kórymbos head, top, cluster of fruit or flowers]

cor′ymbed, adj.

cor′ymb•like`, adj.

cor·ymb

(kôr′ĭmb, kôr′ĭm)

A flower cluster whose outer flowers have longer stalks than the inner flowers, so that together they form a round cluster that is rather flat on top. Yarrow and the hawthorn have corymbs.

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corymb - 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

inflorescence - the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

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5 + Leaves are corymb glabrous; stamens 20 and styles 2 or 3...............................................2.

FOUR NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS PYRUS (ROSACEAE) FROM PAKISTAN

This situation exists in some inflorescences like corymb, umbel, and capitulum of families Asteraceae, Mimosoideae, Apiaceae, and Vitaceae and the plants like onion (Allium cepa L.).

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(2013b) that evaluated the following production variables: I) plant germination (%): relationship between number of flowers (of all corymb present in the selected branches) and number of fruits (%); ii) number of fruits per plant; iii) fruit production per plant (kg) measured using a precision scale (Filizola[R] brand, model CF15, with 0.5 g precision); and iv) productivity obtained by multiplying the production of fruits per plant and total number of plants in one hectare.

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3 cm long, slender, sericeous or glabrescent, distally flattened, bearing a tight corymb 4-6 mm long of 10 or more flowers; bracts 0.9-1.5 mm long, ca.

Seven new species of neotropical Malpighiaceae

--Corymb of spikelets (or corymbodium): indeterminate inflorescence with the primary branch spikelets arranged like the flowers of a corymb (Rua, 1999).

Structure of the Cyperaceae Inflorescence

The flower may be a single bloom or several in a small corymb (a flat-topped or round-topped inflorescence, but with the lower pedicels longer than the upper) varying in colour from pink to white.

Identifying Manitoba's native roses

Corymb. Flowers have pedicels that are attached at alternating points along the peduncle.

Chapter 1 plant identification

Description: Flat-headed, yellow corymb flowers over a feathery foliage.

Appendix

A corymb (KOR-im) has a flattop or slightly convex shape.

Chapter 9 Nomenclature and postharvest physiology

Nevertheless I succeeded in finding it about eight miles west of the Falls; touched it and smelled it, and secured a lingering corymb of flowers for my herbarium.