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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CINCINNUS

CINCINNUS Cin *cin "nus, n.; pl. -ni (#). [Also cicinus, cicinnus.] [L., a curl of hair. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. --Cin *cin "nal (#), a.