Etymology

cincinnus

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Today it means: A type of monochasium on which the successive axes arise alternately in respect to the preceding one; a scorpioid cyme. Full definition →

Latin cincinnus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcincinnus“a lock of hair”
  2. English todaycincinnus

From Latin cincinnus (“a lock of hair”).

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