Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cyme

 noun  Etymology: New Latin cyma, from Latin, cabbage sprout, from Greek kyma swell, wave, cabbage sprout, from kyein to be pregnant; akin to Sanskrit svayati it swells, grows  Date: 1794 an inflorescence in which each floral axis terminates in a single flower; especially a determinate inflorescence of this type containing several flowers with the first-opening central flower terminating the main axis and subsequent flowers developing from lateral buds — see inflorescence illustration