panicle

[ pan-i-kuhl ]

/ ˈpæn ɪ kəl /

noun Botany.

a compound raceme.

any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.

Origin of panicle

1590–1600; <Latin pānicula tuft (on plants), diminutive of pānus thread wound on a bobbin, a swelling, ear of millet <Doric Greek pânos (Attic pênos) a web; see -i-, -cle¹

OTHER WORDS FROM panicle

pan·i·cled, adjective

Words nearby panicle

panic bolt, panic button, panic buying, panic disorder, panic grass, panicle, panicmonger, panic room, panic stations, panic-stricken, paniculate

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Example sentences from the Web for panicle

If the secondary floral axes give rise to tertiary ones, the raceme is branching, and forms a panicle, as in Yucca gloriosa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
Here is the soft meadow grass; feel how smooth its panicle is; this, the oat-like grass.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children|W. Houghton
Aira is a genus of delicate annuals with slender hair-like branches of the panicle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3|Various
With the last-named gentleman a panicle, with sixty flowers upon it, is now (April, 1864) in full beauty.
A Monograph of Odontoglossum|James Bateman

Our Indian corn carries its panicle of pollen high above the silken tresses which mother the future ear.
Under the Maples|John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for panicle

panicle

/ (ˈpænɪkəl) /

noun

a compound raceme, occurring esp in grasses

any branched inflorescence

Derived forms of panicle

panicled, adjective

Word Origin for panicle

C16: from Latin pānicula tuft, diminutive of panus thread, ultimately from Greek penos web; related to penion bobbin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for panicle

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.

单词	panicle
释义	panicle [ pan-i-kuhl ] / ˈpæn ɪ kəl / noun Botany. a compound raceme. any loose, diversely branching flower cluster. Origin of panicle 1590–1600; <Latin pānicula tuft (on plants), diminutive of pānus thread wound on a bobbin, a swelling, ear of millet <Doric Greek pânos (Attic pênos) a web; see -i-, -cle¹ OTHER WORDS FROM panicle pan·i·cled, adjective Words nearby panicle panic bolt, panic button, panic buying, panic disorder, panic grass, panicle, panicmonger, panic room, panic stations, panic-stricken, paniculate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for panicle If the secondary floral axes give rise to tertiary ones, the raceme is branching, and forms a panicle, as in Yucca gloriosa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5\|Various Here is the soft meadow grass; feel how smooth its panicle is; this, the oat-like grass. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children\|W. Houghton Aira is a genus of delicate annuals with slender hair-like branches of the panicle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3\|Various With the last-named gentleman a panicle, with sixty flowers upon it, is now (April, 1864) in full beauty. A Monograph of Odontoglossum\|James Bateman Our Indian corn carries its panicle of pollen high above the silken tresses which mother the future ear. Under the Maples\|John Burroughs British Dictionary definitions for panicle panicle / (ˈpænɪkəl) / noun a compound raceme, occurring esp in grasses any branched inflorescence Derived forms of panicle panicled, adjective Word Origin for panicle C16: from Latin pānicula tuft, diminutive of panus thread, ultimately from Greek penos web; related to penion bobbin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for panicle 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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