CYME

[cyme] n [NL cyma, fr. L, cabbage sprout, fr. Gk kyma swell, wave, cabbage sprout, fr. kyein to be pregnant; akin to Skt svayati it swells, grows] (1794): an inflorescence in which each floral axis terminates in a single flower; esp: a determinate inflorescence of this type containing several flowers with the first-opening central flower terminating the main axis and subsequent flowers developing from lateral buds--see inflorescence illustration