(1) A determinate cymose inflorescence with a zigzag rachis.

(2) A type of cymose inflorescence with only a single main axis.

(3) A cymose inflorescence with more than two branches from the main axis.

(4) The term is sometimes applied to cymose inflorescences, in which growth ceases with the production of a terminal flower bud.

(5) Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives.

(6) Any of numerous low-growing herbs of the genus Arenaria, having small, usually white flowers often grouped in cymose clusters.