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Thyrse

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.

    "The Thyrsus *, or Thyrse, is a mode of inflorescence very nearly allied to the panicle, being, in fact, a panicle contracted into an ovate, or egg-shaped form. In the thyrse, the middle footstalks, which are longer, extend horizontally, whilst the upper and lower oes are shorter, and rise up vertically."

  2. 2
    a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose wordnet
  3. 3
    A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament). archaic

Etymology

From Middle French thyrse, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrsus, torse, and torso.

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