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panicle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A compound raceme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: raceme

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pānicula, diminutive of pānus (“ear of millet, literally 'thread wound on a bobbin'”), from Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), πηνίον (pēníon, “bobbin”). Doublet of panocha.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: метла (metla) — a compound raceme
  • Czech: lata — a compound raceme
  • Dutch: pluim — a compound raceme
  • Esperanto: paniklo — a compound raceme
  • Finnish: röyhy — a compound raceme
  • French: panicule — a compound raceme
  • German: Rispe — a compound raceme
  • Italian: pannocchia — a compound raceme
  • Mongolian: залаа (zalaa) — a compound raceme
  • Polish: wiecha — a compound raceme
  • Portuguese: panícula — a compound raceme
  • Russian: метёлка (metjólka) — a compound raceme
  • Lower Sorbian: kisć — a compound raceme
  • Lower Sorbian: łoś — a compound raceme
  • Upper Sorbian: pakić — a compound raceme
  • Upper Sorbian: rozlatka — a compound raceme
  • Spanish: panoja — a compound raceme
  • Spanish: panícula — a compound raceme
  • Welsh: panigl — a compound raceme
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