1. of, relating to, or having the form of a cyme (a type of flower cluster in which the main axis terminates in a flower and lateral axes develop below it)
Usage: botany; technical

Examples

• The plant displays a cymose inflorescence with flowers arranged in a branching pattern.
• Botanists classified the flower cluster as cymose based on its terminal flowering structure.
• Unlike racemose flowers, cymose arrangements have a determinate growth pattern.
• The species is characterized by its distinctive cymose branching system.