Panicle

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Noun
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pan=i=cle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Panicle has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Paniclen. [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.].
     A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Panicle, n. Bot. a loose branching cluster of flowers, as in oats.

Derivative
panicled adj.
Etymology
L paniculum dimin. of panus thread

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