n (context|spelt (l|en|cime)|obsolete|rare) A “(l|en|head)” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening (l|en|bud).
n (botany) A flattish or convex flowercluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast (term|raceme|lang=en).