Thyrsus

[θә:sәs]

解释:

(n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites.

(n.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

录入:温思罗普

解释:

n. (bot.) an inflorescence consisting of a panicle with the lower branches shorter than the middle ones: the wand of Bacchus a staff wreathed with ivy—also Thyrse.—adjs. Thyr′soid -al having the form of a thyrsus.

手打:路德维格