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Panicle

Panicle Meaning & Definition
Panicle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Panicle?

[n] compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers

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Panicle In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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