Cymose is a botanical term used to describe an inflorescence that is a cluster of flowers in which the terminal flower blooms first, followed by the lower flowers. Synonyms for cymose include determinate, sympodial, racemose, and centrifugal inflorescence. The term determinate inflorescence refers to a cluster of flowers in which the growth of the main axis ends with the development of the terminal flower, while sympodial inflorescence describes a type of branching in which each branch ends in a flower. Racemose inflorescence is a type of flower arrangement in which the flowers are borne on pedicels of the same length, while centrifugal inflorescence is when the flowers develop first at the center and then move outwards towards the periphery.