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Cy"moid (s?"moid), a. [Cyme
+ -oid.] (Bot.) Having the form of a
cyme.


Cym"o*phane (s?m"?-f?n or s?"m?-),
n. [Gr.&?;&?;&?; wave + &?;&?;&?; To appear:
cf. F. cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar
opalescence often seen in it.] (Min.) See
Chrysoberyl.


Cy*moph"a*nous (s?-m?f"?-n?s or s?-),
a. Having a wavy, floating light;
opalescent; chatoyant.


{ Cy"mose (s?"m?s; 277), Cy"mous (s?"m?s), }
a. [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF.
cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.) Having the nature of
a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme
or cymes.


Cym"ric (k?m"r?k), a. [W.
Cymru Wales.] Welsh. -- n.
The Welsh language. [Written also Kymric.]


Cym"ry (-r?), n. [W., pl.]
A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by
themselves .
[Written also Cymri, Cwmry,
Kymry, etc.]


Cy"mule (s?"m?l), n. [Cf. L.
cymula a tender sprout, dim. of cyna. See
Cyme.


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