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noun
A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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: thyrse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower cluster
History
Learned borrowing from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrse, torse, and torso.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
