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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corymb \Cor"ymb\ (k?r"?mb or -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr ????.] (Bot.) a A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first as in the hawthorn. b Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corymb n : flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
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