Panicle
[pænikl]
Definition
(n.) A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
Typed by Carla
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Compound raceme.
Editor: Warren
Definition
n. (bot.) a form of the arrangement of flowers on a stalk in which the cluster is irregularly branched as in oats.—n. Pan′ic a grass of the genus Panicum.—adjs. Pan′icled (bot.) furnished with panicles: arranged in or like panicles; Panic′ulāte -d furnished with arranged in or like panicles.—adv. Panic′ulātely.—n. Pan′icum a large genus of true grasses having the one or two-flowered spikelets in spikes racemes or panicles—including the common millet.
Typed by Evangeline