(from the article `inflorescence`) A dichasium is one unit of a cyme and is characterized by a stunted central flower and two lateral flowers on elongated pedicels, as in the wood ... ...These inflorescences are determinate because, at the time of flowering, the whole apical meristem produces a flower; thus, the entire axis ceases ... ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/44
A cymose inflorescence with opposite branching below the flower which terminates each axis. ... Compare: monochasium. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973