panicle
a compound raceme.
any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.
Origin of panicle
1Other words from panicle
- pan·i·cled, adjective
Words Nearby panicle
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How to use panicle in a sentence
Unlike the other species of the same genus, its flowers form an erect spreading panicle, and the glumes are not keeled.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxYour case of the panicle with open flowers being sterile is parallel to that of Leersia oryzoides.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThe pretty red or rose-coloured flowers are arranged in a very loose terminal panicle, and have no scent.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flowers are sessile, in little rounded heads; the whole inflorescence forming an irregular umbel or a loose panicle.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flowers are very numerous, of a bright golden yellow-colour, forming a dense, terminal panicle.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for panicle
/ (ˈpænɪkəl) /
a compound raceme, occurring esp in grasses
any branched inflorescence
Origin of panicle
1Derived forms of panicle
- panicled, adjective
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Scientific definitions for 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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