kımme
See also: Kimme
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قمه (kımme, “crown of the head; summit, top, apex”), itself from Arabic قِمَّة (qimma, “top, peak, summit”).
Noun edit
kımme (definite accusative kımmeyı, plural kımmeler)
- (botany) flower head, a compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single flower
- Synonym: kömeç
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kımme”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2607