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Definition of: cyma
(sī′mə) noun plural ·mae (-mē)
1. Archit. A curved molding with a reversed curve as its profile: frequently placed above a cornice in Greek and Greco-Roman art.
2. Bot. A cyme. [<NL <Gk. kyma a wave]
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