cincinnus

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cincinnus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. -ni. [Also cicinus,
     cicinnus.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]