— corymbed , adj. — corymblike , adj.
/kawr"imb, -im, kor"-/ , n. Bot.
a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the first to open. See illus. under inflorescence .
[ 1700-10; corymbus kórymbos head, top, cluster of fruit or flowers ]