nounWord forms: plural -mae (-miː)Word forms: -mas1. either of two mouldings having a double curve, part concave and part convex. Cyma recta has the convex part nearer the wall and cyma reversa has the concave part nearer the wall
2. botany a rare variant of cyme
Word origin
C16: from New Latin, from Greek
kuma something swollen, from
kuein to be pregnant