Cyme

Cyme, a term employed in Botany to designate those forms of inflorescence which are definite or centrifugal—i.e. in which the main axis ends in a flower, but bears one or more lateral branches which again terminate in flowers, but not before producing secondary branches which continue the same process as far as growth permits. The various forms and varieties of cyme, which are not only of great morphological interest, but frequently also of systematic importance—e.g. Caryophyllaceæ, Labiatae, &c., are described under Inflorescence (q.v.).