panicle
(noun) compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
panicle (plural panicles)
(botany) A compound raceme.
• tassel
• Calpine, capelin, capline, in place, pelican, pinacle
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"i*cle, n. Etym: [L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d Pane.] (Bot.)
Definition: A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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