paniculate

American  

[puh-nik-yuh-leyt, -lit] / pəˈnɪk yəˌleɪt, -lɪt /

Sometimes paniculated

adjective

Botany.

1. arranged in panicles.

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paniculate British  

/ pəˈnɪkjʊˌleɪt, -lɪt /

adjective

1. botany growing or arranged in panicles

   a paniculate inflorescence

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Other Word Forms

• paniculately adverb

Etymology

Origin of paniculate

First recorded in 1720–30, paniculate is from the New Latin word pāniculātus panicled. See panicle, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Pommereulla.Inflorescence paniculate, spikelets few or many-flowered, glumes many-nerved and many-awned.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Flower-heads.—Terminating the paniculate branches; large; two inches or so across; white, changing to rose or lilac; of ray-flowers only.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Every variety of racemose and paniculate inflorescence obtains, and the number of spikelets composing those of the large kinds is often immense.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

The male and female inflorescences have the form of simple or paniculate spikes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Seashore 13 Panicle virgate or thyrsoid; leaves nearly entire 14–17 Heads very small in a short broad panicle; leaves nearly entire 18–20 Heads racemosely paniculate; leaves ample, the lower serrate 21–28 § 1.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa