What's the difference between corymb and cyme?

Corymb


Definition:

  • (n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn.
  • (n.) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

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Cyme


Definition:

  • (n.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.

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