Editing Corymb

{{Short description|Botany term describing a certain type of flower growth}}
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'''Corymb''' is a [[botany|botanical]] term for an [[inflorescence]] with the [[flower]]s growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer [[pedicel (botany)|pedicels]] than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level. A corymb has a flattish top with a superficial resemblance towards an [[umbel]], and may have a branching structure similar to a [[panicle]]. Flowers in a corymb structure can either be parallel, or alternate, and form in either a convex, or flat form.

Many species in the [[Maloideae]], such as [[Crataegus|hawthorns]] and [[rowan|rowans]], produce their flowers in corymbs. The [[Norway maple]] and [[yerba maté]] are also examples of corymbs.

The word ''corymb'' is derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] word κόρυμβος, {{Transliteration|grc|korymbos}} meaning "bunch of flowers or fruit".<ref name="RWB">{{cite book|authorlink1=Roland W. Brown|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.|page=214}}</ref>

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Image:Schirmtraube (inflorescence).svg| [[Racemose]] corymb
Image:Schleifenblume06.jpg|''[[Iberis umbellata]]'' or candytuft<br> (racemose corymb)
Image:Schirmrispe (inflorescence).svg|[[Cymose]] corymb
Image:Sambucus nigra 003.jpg|''[[Sambucus nigra]]'' or elder<br>(cymose corymb)
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