thyrsoid

American  

[thur-soid] / ˈθɜr sɔɪd /

Or thyrsoidal

adjective

Botany.

1. having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.

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Etymology

Origin of thyrsoid

First recorded in 1820–30, thyrsoid is from the Greek word thyrsoeidḗs thyrsuslike. See thyrsus, -oid

Example Sentences

Flowers.—Blue or white; small, usually not more than two or three lines across; borne in showy thyrsoid or cymose clusters.

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

Heads small, in a narrow virgate or thyrsoid panicle; scales thin, acute; leaves nearly entire.

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

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

A handsome, stout species, 4 feet high, with large, pinnate, bright green leaves, and small, white, sweetly-scented flowers produced in thyrsoid panicles.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan

Flowers red or rose-coloured, and arranged in short, thyrsoid panicles.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan