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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cyme having two lateral flowers or branches originating from opposite points beneath a terminal flower.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, a cyme having two main axes.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, from Greek dikhasis, division, from dikhazein, to divide in two, from dikha, in two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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