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panicle en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

1. A compound raceme.
   • The panicle of Puya raimondii (see LARGEST BLOOM, above) emerges after 80-150 years of the plant's life and then dies. 1997, Norris McWhirter, The Guinness Book of World Records 1997, page 79:
   • Inflorescence a large terminal, leafy, cross-armed panicle, composed of small, 5-flowered, terminal umbellets. 1838, George Don, A General System of Gardening and Botany, page 64:

Forms

Deriveds

panicled

Relateds

corymb · thyrse

Translations (19)

bg метла (a compound raceme) · es panícula (a compound raceme) · dsb kisć (a compound raceme) · fi röyhy (a compound raceme) · fr panicule (a compound raceme) · it pannocchia (a compound raceme) · pt panícula (a compound raceme) · nl pluim (a compound raceme) · pl wiecha (a compound raceme) · mn залаа (a compound raceme) · hsb rozlatka (a compound raceme) · cy panigl (a compound raceme) · dsb łoś (a compound raceme) · es panoja (a compound raceme) · hsb pakić (a compound raceme) · ru метёлка (a compound raceme) · eo paniklo (a compound raceme) · cs lata (a compound raceme) · de Rispe (a compound raceme)