PANICLE

panicle. Panicle, n. a loose spike of grass, or beard on which seeds hang

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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.