'Panicle' definitions:

Definition of 'panicle'

(from WordNet)
noun
Compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers

Definition of 'Panicle'

From: GCIDE
  • Panicle \Pan"i*cle\, 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.] (Bot.) 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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