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panicle

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HYPHEN

pan=i=cle

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun panicle has 1 sense

panicle(n = noun.plant) Array - compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers; Array

is a kind of

raceme

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CIDE DICTIONARY

panicle, 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.].

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

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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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