in antiquity, an ornament of hair worn by the women. Its form was that of a corymbus.

CORYMB: A genus of plants belonging to the syngenesia clas; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order, Compositae. See Botany Index.

The calyx is diphyllous, uniflorous, and prismatical; the corolla monopetalous and regular; there is one woolly seed below each floret.