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pan⋅i⋅cle

  [pan-i-kuhl]
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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.
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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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