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corymbiferous, a.|kɒrɪmˈbɪfərəs|
[f. L. corymbifer bearing clusters of berries (f. corymbus), adopted in 17th c. as a term of Botany + -ous.]
1. lit. Bearing corymbs; spec. belonging to the Corymbiferæ, a sub-order of Composite plants, having the florets of the disk tubular and perfect, and those of the ray, when present, ligulate.
Although many of the Corymbiferæ, as tansy, milfoil, the Asters, Senecios, Cinerarias, etc. bear their heads of flowers in typical ‘corymbs’ (in the modern sense), the name goes back to the earlier botanical sense of corymbus: see corymb 1 note.
1676Grew Anat. Flowers iv. §7 To the Corymbiferous Kind, as Tansy, Chamemile, and the like. 1686Phil. Trans. XVI. 285 The Corymbiferous, that are not Pappose, these have either a radiated, or a naked Flower. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 115/1 Corimbiferous Flowers..made of thrums, without any circle of leaves. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Corymbiferous Plants (among Herbalists) are such as have a compound discous Flower, but their Seeds have no Down sticking to them: Of this kind is the Daisy, Camomile, etc. 1731–59Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 3), Corymbiferous Plants..Mr. Ray distinguishes them into such as have a radiate Flower, as the Sun-Flower, the Marygold, etc. and such as have a naked Flower, as the Lavender Cotton and Tansey. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 248/2 We might instance the flower of any corymbiferous plant. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. xiii. 428 A shrub ten or fifteen feet high, of the corymbiferous family.
¶2. See quots. (Not an English use.)
1657Phys. Dict., Corymbiferous, bearing berries. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Corymbiferous, that beareth Berries like Ivy. 1755Johnson, Corymbiferous, bearing fruit or berries in bunches. |