# Corymb

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

Adjective: corymbose

a [racemose](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/raceme "an inflorescence of stalked flowers whose growing point continues to add to the inflorescence so that the youngest flowers are nearest the apex.") [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 all the flowers, although they originate at different levels on the stem, are ultimately borne at about the same level.

## Related terms

- [Raceme](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/raceme)

- [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.")
- [Corymb](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/corymb "Corymb.")