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panicle
[ pan-i-kuhl ]
noun
, Botany.
- a compound raceme.
- any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.
panicle
/ ˈpænɪkəl /
noun
- a compound raceme, occurring esp in grasses
- any branched inflorescence
panicle
/ păn′ĭ-kəl /
- A branched indeterminate inflorescence in which the branches are racemes, so that each flower has its own stalk (called a pedicel) attached to the branch. Oats and sorghum have panicles.
- See illustration at inflorescence
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Derived Forms
- ˈpanicled, adjective
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Other Words From
- pani·cled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of panicle1
C16: from Latin pānicula tuft, diminutive of panus thread, ultimately from Greek penos web; related to penion bobbin
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Example Sentences
Unlike the other species of the same genus, its flowers form an erect spreading panicle, and the glumes are not keeled.
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Your case of the panicle with open flowers being sterile is parallel to that of Leersia oryzoides.
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The pretty red or rose-coloured flowers are arranged in a very loose terminal panicle, and have no scent.
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The flowers are sessile, in little rounded heads; the whole inflorescence forming an irregular umbel or a loose panicle.
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The flowers are very numerous, of a bright golden yellow-colour, forming a dense, terminal panicle.
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