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CORYMB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corymb mean?
• CORYMB (noun)
The noun CORYMB has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: CORYMB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("corymb" is a kind of...):
inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)
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