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1. (n.) corymb
a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster.
Etymology: (1700–10; < L corymbus < Gk kórymbos head, top, cluster of fruit or flowers)
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1. (noun) corymb
flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
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1. (noun) corymb
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
2. (noun) corymb
any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit
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