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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. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pa•nic•u•late  (pə nik′yə lāt′, -lit),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyarranged in panicles.
Also, pa•nic′u•lat′ed. 
  • Neo-Latin pāniculātus panicled. See panicle, -ate1
  • 1720–30
pa•nic′u•late′ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
paniculate / pəˈnɪkjʊˌleɪt -lɪt/, paniculated, panicled
  1. growing or arranged in panicles: a paniculate inflorescence
paˈnicuˌlately
'panicled' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
gypsophila - paniculate

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