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thyrsus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thyrsus has 1 sense
- thyrsus(n = noun.plant) thyrse - a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose; Array is a kind of flower cluster
CIDE DICTIONARY
thyrsus, n. [L., fr. Gr. . Cf. Torso.].
- A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites. [1913 Webster]"A good to grow on graves
As twist about a thyrsus." [1913 Webster]"In my hand I bear
The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine." [1913 Webster] - A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thyrsus, n. (pl. thyrsi)
1 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a staff tipped with an ornament like a pine-cone, an attribute of Bacchus.
2 Bot. an inflorescence as in lilac, with the primary axis racemose and the secondary axis cymose.
1 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a staff tipped with an ornament like a pine-cone, an attribute of Bacchus.
2 Bot. an inflorescence as in lilac, with the primary axis racemose and the secondary axis cymose.
Etymology
L f. Gk thursos
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