panicle

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpænɪkəl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pan′i kəl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pan•i•cle  (pan′i kəl),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botanya compound raceme. See illus. under inflorescence. 
  2. Botanyany loose, diversely branching flower cluster.
  • Doric Greek pânos (Attic pênos) a web; see -i-, -cle1
  • Latin pānicula tuft (on plants), diminutive of pānus thread wound on a bobbin, a swelling, ear of millet
  • 1590–1600
pan′i•cled, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
panicle / ˈpænɪkəl/
  1. a compound raceme, occurring esp in grasses
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin pānicula tuft, diminutive of panus thread, ultimately from Greek penos web; related to penion bobbin
'panicle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bentgrass - broomcorn - oat grass - panic grass - paniculate - panniculus - panocha - raceme - sea oats - setaria - witch grass

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