(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat May 07 2005 at 0:58:55

Bos"tryx (?), n. [NL.; irreg. fr. Gr. &?; a curl.] (Bot.)

A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a uniparous helicoid cyme.

 

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