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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thyr•sus (thûr′səs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -si (-sī).USA pronunciation - Plant Biology[Bot.]a thyrse.
- Antiquity[Gk. Antiq.]a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries.
- Greek thýrsos Bacchic staff, stem of plant
- Latin
- 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thyrsus /ˈθɜːsəs/ n ( pl -si / -saɪ/)- a staff, usually one tipped with a pine cone, borne by Dionysus (Bacchus) and his followers
- a variant spelling of thyrse
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin, from Greek thursos stalk thyrse (thûrs),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]- Plant Biologya compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
Also, thyrsus. - Latin thyrsus thyrsus
- French
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thyrse /θɜːs/, thyrsus /ˈθɜːsəs/ n ( pl thyrses, thyrsi /ˈθɜːsaɪ/)- a type of inflorescence, occurring in the lilac and grape, in which the main branch is racemose and the lateral branches cymose
Etymology: 17th Century: from French: thyrsus |