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panicle
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pan⋅i⋅cle
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ˈpæn
ɪ
kəl
/
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–noun
Botany
.
1.
a compound raceme.
2.
any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.
Origin:
1590–1600;
< L
pānicula
tuft (on plants), dim. of
pānus
thread wound on a bobbin, a swelling, ear of millet < Doric Gk
pânos
(Attic
pênos
) a web;
see
-i-
,
-cle
1
Related forms:
pan⋅i⋅cled,
adjective
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pan·i·cle
(pān'ĭ-kəl)
n. A branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes.
[Latin
pānicula
, feminine diminutive of
pānus
,
a swelling, main stalk of a panicle
.]
pan'i·cled
adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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