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panicle

[pan-i-kuhl]

pan·i·cle

[pan-i-kuhl]
noun Botany.
1.
a compound raceme.
2.
any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.

Origin:
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

pan·i·cled, adjective
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Panicle is always a great word to know.
So is archegonia. Does it mean:
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
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panicle (ˈpænɪkəl)
 
n
1.  a compound raceme, occurring esp in grasses
2.  any branched inflorescence
 
[C16: from Latin pānicula tuft, diminutive of panus thread, ultimately from Greek penos web; related to penion bobbin]
 
'panicled
 
adj

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panicle   (pān'ĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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