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Gr. &?;&?;&?;, prop., anything
swollen, hence also cyme, wave, fr. &?;&?;&?; to be pregnant.]
(Bot.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the
centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly
in the order of the opening of the blossoms.


Cy"mene (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.)
A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon,
CH3.
C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant
odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of
caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also
paracymene, and formerly camphogen.


Cy"me*nol (s?"m?-n?l), n.
(Chem.) See Carvacrol.


Cy"mi*dine ( s?"m?-d?n or -d?n; 104),
n. (Chem.) A liquid organic base,
C10H13.NH2, derived from
cymene.


Cy*mif"er*ous (s?-m?f"?r-?s), a.
[Cyme + -ferous.] Producing cymes.


{ Cym"ling, Cymb"ling (s?m"l?ng) },
n. A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of
summer squash.


Cy"mo*gene (s?"m?-j?n), n.
(Chem.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold
and pressure from the first products of the distillation of
petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures.


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