Meanings
plural panicles
- biologyA compound raceme.
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 641 more example
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
Origin
- Ancient Greekπῆνος“web”
- Latinpānicula
- Englishpanicle
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.
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Bulgarian метла
- метла (metla)a compound raceme
Czech lata
- lataa compound raceme
Dutch pluim
- pluima compound raceme
Esperanto paniklo
- panikloa compound raceme
Finnish röyhy
- röyhya compound raceme
French panicule
- paniculea compound raceme
German Rispe
- Rispea compound raceme
Italian pannocchia
- pannocchiaa compound raceme
Polish wiecha
- wiechaa compound raceme
Portuguese panícula
- panículaa compound raceme
Russian метёлка
- метёлка (metjólka)a compound raceme
Spanish panoja, panícula
- panojaa compound raceme
- panículaa compound raceme
Welsh panigl
- panigla compound raceme
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