# Cyme

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/cyme
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

Adjective: cymose

an [inflorescence](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/inflorescence "a group of flowers borne on one stem; the way in which flowers are arranged on a stem.") in which the terminal [flower](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/flower "the sexual reproductive structure of the Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) usually consisting of gynoecium, androecium, and perianth.") terminates the growth of the main axis which is replaced by one or two [lateral](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/lateral "on or near the sides of an organ; arising from a leaf axil.") buds, the [process](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/process "a projecting appendage.") being repeated throughout the [inflorescence](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/inflorescence "a group of flowers borne on one stem; the way in which flowers are arranged on a stem.").

## Related terms

- [Dichasium](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/dichasium)
- [Monochasium](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/monochasium)
- [Thyrse](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/thyrse)

- [Inflorescences](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/inflorescences "(a) Panicle; (b) Thyrse; (c) Raceme; (d) Spike; (e) Corymb; (f) Simple Umbel; (g) Compound Umbel; (h) Capitulum (Head); (i) Dichasium; (j) Monochasium - bostryx; (k) Monochasium - cincinnus.")
- [Dichasium](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/dichasium "Dichasium.")