Panicle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Panicle \Pan"i*cle\, n. [L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of
     panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr.
     ?, ?; prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d {Pane}.]
     (Bot.)
     A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is
     loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  panicle
       n : compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers