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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cyme having only one lateral flower or branch originating from beneath a terminal flower, resulting in a helicoid or scorpiod inflorescence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a cyme with one main axis; a uniparous cyme: a term proposed by Eichler.
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- noun botany A type of
cyme on which each single axis bears one flower.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[mono– + (di)chasium.]
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From New Latin monochasium, from Ancient Greek μόνος (monos, "alone, only, sole, single") + χάσις (khasis, "chasm, separation").
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