cymose

[Lat. cymosus=full of shoots, from сута.] [СуME.] Bot. ( of aggregate flowers): Containing a cyme, or approaching the arrangement of flowers characteristic of a cyme. çy-mo-thō-a, çy-moth-o-ē, s. [Gr. kymothoë, from kymaa wave (see def. 1), and thoos =quick, nimble, active, swift.] 1. Greek Mythology (of the form Cymothoe ): The name of a Nereid. 2. Zool . (of the form Cymothoa ): A genus of Isopod. Crustaceans, the typical one of the family Cymothoide (q. v.). çy-mo-tho-i-dæ, çy-mô-thō-a-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. cymothoa, and fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool .: A family of Crustaceans, order Isopod a. The antennse are short, the head small, the legs short, with hooks which enable them to cling to the tails and other parts of fishes, on which they are parasitic. çy-müle, s. [Dimin. of Eng. cyme.] Botany: 1. A diminutive cyme. IMG:content-1704.png:[blocks in formation] Cymry IMG:content-1705.png:[blocks in formation] Zool.: A genus of Felide. Cyncælur us jubatus is the Cheetah, or Hunting Leopard, generally called Felis jubata . [CHEETAH.] *çyn-a-mōne, *cyn-o-mum, s. [CINNAMON.] çy-nănch-ē, s. [ Gr . kynangke = dog-quinsy, from kyon a dog, and angcho to pre tight, to strangle.] Med.: Malignal sore-throat. It is of various kinds. RYNGITIS.] (2) Cynanche parotidea : [PAROTITIS.] (3) Cynanche pharyngea : [PHARYNGITIS.] (4) Cynanche tonsillar is : [TONSILITIS.] (5) Cynanche tracheal is : [CROUP.] (Cycl. Pract . Med .) çyn-ǎnch-01, 8. [Mod. Lat. cynanch(um); and Lat. ol ( eum ) .] Chem.: A substance crystallizing in needles and plates, obtained from the sap of Cynanchum acutum. Cynanchol is said to be a mixture of echicerin C30H48O2 and echitin, C32H5202, which occurs also in Dita-bark. ( Watts : Dict . Chem .)