paniculate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of paniculate
First recorded in 1720–30, paniculate is from the New Latin word pāniculātus panicled. See panicle, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Style filiform, nearly persistent; stigma of 2 broad lamellæ.—Glaucous large-flowered annuals, with more or less clasping and connate leaves, and slender terminal and more or less paniculate 1-flowered peduncles.
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 Asa Gray
The flowers are of no great account, being rather inconspicuous and paniculate.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
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
Fertile spike relatively short and stout, strongly paniculate when well developed.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton
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
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