Definition of Cymule

1. Noun. A small cyme, generally with few flowers.

Generic synonyms: Cyme

Definition of Cymule

1. n. A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.

Definition of Cymule

1. Noun. (botany) A small cyme, or one with very few flowers. ¹

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Medical Definition of Cymule

1. A small cyme, usually with few flowers. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymule

cymoid
cymol
cymolite
cymols
cymophane
cymophanes
cymophanous
cymoscope
cymose
cymosely
cymotrichous
cymotrichy
cymous
cymrite
cymrites
cymule (current term)
cymules
cymæ
cymæ inversæ
cymæ rectæ
cymæ reversæ
cynanche
cynanches
cynancum
cynanthropies
cynanthropy
cynarctomachy
cynarrhodium
cynegetic
cynegetics

Literary usage of Cymule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the African Plants by Friedrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch, Alfred Barton Rendle, William Philip Hiern (1900)
"The central cymule subsessile, ... involucre of the central cymule campanulate-hemispherical, J in. long, somewhat compressed, minutely pulverulent outside, ..."

2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalæ by Asa Gray, Smithsonian Institution (1886)
"A span high, cinereous-pubescent : leaves lanceolate, not costate-veiny : peduncles about the length of the 3-7-flowered cymule: calyx-lobes little longer ..."

3. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... the outermost flower of each cymule subtended by a large leafy bract, near 3 inches long, scarlet above, red beneath, and with its stalk so united to ..."

4. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"One of these very simple C3~mes, by itself or as a part of a larger cyme, may be called a cymule. The regular cyme usually accompanies opposite or other ..."

5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1875)
"... rarely deflexed with a somewhat ascending sweep, 2 to 2% inches in length, terminated by a short cymule or condensed raceme. Calyx of 5 unequal sepals, ..."

6. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"... and supports a cluster (cyme or cymule) instead of a solitary central flower at the main divisions.1 One form of the regular cyme, on account of its ..."

7. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Cyme. A flower-cluster of the determinate type,—the central or uppermost flower opening first. 222. cymule. Secondary cyme: a small cyme in a compound cyme. ..."

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