Hypertext Webster Gateway: "panicle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Panicle \Pan"i*cle\, n. [L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of
panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr.
?, ?; prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d {Pane}.]
(Bot.)
A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is
loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
panicle
n : compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
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