||Cy"ma (sī"mȧ) n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ky^ma. See Cyme]
1. (Arch.) A member or molding of
the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
2. (Bot.) A cyme. See
Cyme.
Cyma recta, or
Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and
swelling below. -- Cyma reversa, or
Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part
and hollow below.