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A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1998, D. W. Stevenson, M. Colella, B. Boom, Rapateaceae, Klaus Kubitzki, H. Huber (editors), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume IV: Flowering Plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae), page 417, The number of spikelets is variable, and some genera have thyrses with 70 spikelets (Saxofridericia, Spathanthus) or only 1-3 spikelets per inflorescence (Stegolepsis, Monotrema).
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A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thyrsus
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Broader terms: flower cluster
From Middle French thyrse, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrsus, torse, and torso.
Across languages
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5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
tirso
— type of inflorescence
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Finnish:
viuhkoterttu
— type of inflorescence
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French:
thyrse
— type of inflorescence
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German:
Thyrsus
— type of inflorescence
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Korean:
밀추화서
(milchuhwaseo)
— type of inflorescence
