| Cyme | n. [ L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, prop., anything swollen, hence also cyme, wave, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to be pregnant. ] (Bot.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Cymene | n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen. [ 1913 Webster ] |