a. [f. mod. Bot. L. corymbōsus, f. corymbus.] Growing in corymbs; of the nature of or resembling a corymb.
1775. Ash, Corymbose, belonging to the corymbus.
1807. J. E. Smith, Phys. Bot., 234. The flowers of Yarrow … grow in a corymbose manner.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 438. D[ichotomaria] obtusata, Lam…. Branching, corymbose, dichotomous, jointed.
1869. Oliver, Elem. Bot., App. 307. Terminal corymbose heads of yellow florets.
b. Of a disease.
1877. Roberts, Handbk. Med. (ed. 3), I. 155. The corymbose variety is very fatal.
1882. Syd. Soc. Lex., Corymbose smallpox.
Hence Corymbosely adv., in the manner of a corymb, in corymbs.
1829–55. Loudon, Encycl. Plants, 1291. Flowers capitate or corymbosely panicled.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 192. Stem … corymbosely branched.
