CORYMB

[cor.ymb] n, pl corymbs [F corymbe, fr. L corymbus cluster of fruit or flowers, fr. Gk korymbos] (1776): a flat-topped inflorescence; specif: one in which the flower stalks arise at different levels on the main axis and reach about the same height and in which the outer flowers open first and the inflorescence is indeterminate -- cor.ymbed adj -- cor.ym.bose adj -- cor.ym.bose.ly adv