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)
Usage: botany; technical

Examples

• The plant displays a cymous inflorescence with flowers arranged in a branching pattern.
• Botanists classified the flower cluster as cymous based on its terminal flowering structure.
• The cymous arrangement of blossoms is characteristic of this species.
• In contrast to racemose flowers, cymous flowers have a determinate growth pattern.