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

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

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

Flowers white in spicate, thyrsoid racemes, and produced rather sparsely.

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

Heads middle-sized, in a thyrsoid panicle; involucral scales rather firm, obtuse; leaves entire or little serrate, smooth.

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 pretty evergreen species, with oval leaves, and terminal, thyrsoid panicles of white flowers.

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