| CY | any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers |
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| CY | more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first |
| CY | squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge |
| CY | scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) |
| CY | (botany) having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side |
| CY | one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| CY | any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods |
| CY | artichoke |
| CY | southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots |
| CY | Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head |
| CY | Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century) |
| CY | someone who is critical of the motives of others |