thyrsen.
/θəːs/ 1. Ancient Greek History and Roman History. = thyrsus n. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Bacchus > staff or spear of
thyrsus1591
thyrse1603
ivy-darta1661
thyrsus-staff1844
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 712 There is a Thyrse or Javelot with tabours to be seene expresly printed aloft.
1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xxvii. 134 Their [the followers of Bacchus] Cloathing [was] only the Skins of Beasts, with Thyrses in their Hands.
1845 H. W. Longfellow Drinking Song iv Fair Bacchantes, Bearing cymbals, flutes, and thyrses.
2. † a. A stem or shoot of a plant (= Greek θύρσος, Latin thyrsus). Obsolete.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun]
stealc700
stemc888
spirea1000
stalka1366
caulc1420
codd?1440
stalec1440
thighc1440
shank1513
pipe?1523
start?1523
spindle1577
leg1597
scape1601
haulm1623
caulicle1657
culm1657
thyrse1658
scapus1704
stemlet1838
stam1839
caulis1861
caulome1875
tige1900
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Thyrse, a stalk or stem of any herb.
b. Botany. = thyrsus n. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > panicle
panicle1577
juba1688
thyrsus1704
thyrse1744
1744 J. Wilson Synopsis Brit. Plants 14 Thyrsus, a Thyrse, differs from a spike, in having flowers or fruit set more thinly on it.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes v. §91. 93 The thyrse of lilac blossoms.
1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) I. 324 The Thyrse is an inflorescence at first centripetal, afterwards centrifugal.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 203 The Thyrsus or Thyrse..is a kind of panicle in which the pedicels are generally very short.
3. An ancient vessel resembling a pine-cone.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > of specific shape
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shipc1410
friar1463
columbe1488
culver1500
bell1651
cornet1677
churn1747
tulip-glass1755
situla1804
nacelle1873
thyrse1876
tsun1958
1876 R. M. Smith Persian Art 12 From their..resemblance..to pine cones they have been called thyrses, and are supposed to have been used for holding mercury.
Compounds
thyrse-bearing adj.; thyrse-flower n. Lindley's name for the genus Thyrsacanthus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > other shrubs > [noun]
moorworteOE
bean-trefoil1551
Osyris1562
bladder-nut1578
anagre1608
peasecod tree1611
firebush1639
Colutea1664
savin1697
houseleek-tree1732
Volkameria1753
Andromeda1760
bladder-senna1785
fringe-myrtle1866
thyrse-flower1866
eranthemum1882
nitre bush1884
ilima1888
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1150 Thyrseflower, Thyrsacanthus.
1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 552 No Bacchus..comes Here, nor mænads thyrse-bearing.
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