PANICLE

panicle

(noun) compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

panicle (plural panicles)

(botany) A compound raceme.

Hyponyms

• tassel

Anagrams

• 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



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