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Definition of corymb in English: corymbnoun ˈkɒrɪmb Botany A flower cluster whose lower stalks are proportionally longer so that the flowers form a flat or slightly convex head. this hybrid produces beautiful corymbs of white, pink-budded flowers Example sentencesExamples - The genus has some species with single flowers, but most have racemes, corymbs or subumbels.
- The small white flowers are borne in rather dense corymbs at the ends of the branches.
- Button-like flowerheads, produced in corymbs or singly, are everlasting when dried.
- As the photo shows, the corymbs bloom first around the edges and the center buds open last.
- It was weighted down by enormous corymbs of what were by now large plump green seed capsules.
Derivatives adjective Botany In its definitely corymbose inflorescence it apparently differs from both of these. Example sentencesExamples - The flowers are several, large, blue, erect, borne in a terminal, corymbose panicle, on long footstalks.
- Flowers are small, from pale - pink to purple, at the top of the stalk gathered into large corymbose panicle clusters.
- White Syndrome for corymbose and tabular Acropora, in particular, results in high mortality.
- Verticordia brownii is an erect, corymbose shrub 30-60 cm tall and 15-30 cm wide with tiny greyish to yellowish-green fleshy leaves, crowded on many short branchlets.
Origin Early 18th century: from French corymbe or Latin corymbus, from Greek korumbos 'cluster'. Definition of corymb in US English: corymbnoun Botany A flower cluster whose lower stalks are proportionally longer so that the flowers form a flat or slightly convex head. this hybrid produces beautiful corymbs of white, pink-budded flowers Example sentencesExamples - It was weighted down by enormous corymbs of what were by now large plump green seed capsules.
- The genus has some species with single flowers, but most have racemes, corymbs or subumbels.
- The small white flowers are borne in rather dense corymbs at the ends of the branches.
- Button-like flowerheads, produced in corymbs or singly, are everlasting when dried.
- As the photo shows, the corymbs bloom first around the edges and the center buds open last.
Origin Early 18th century: from French corymbe or Latin corymbus, from Greek korumbos ‘cluster’. |