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thyrses

thyrses is the plural of thyrse.

Meaning of thyrse

Noun

thyrse (plural thyrses)

  1. A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
    • The Thyrsus *, or Thyrse, is a mode of inflorescence very nearly allied to the panicle, being, in fact, a panicle contracted into an ovate, or egg-shaped form. In the thyrse, the middle footstalks, which are longer, extend horizontally, whilst the upper and lower oes are shorter, and rise up...1804, Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany, page 143
  2. (archaic) A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament).

Questions about thyrses

What is thyrses the plural of?
Thyrses is the plural of thyrse.

Words near thyrses in the dictionary

  1. thyroxine
  2. thyroxines
  3. thyroxins
  4. thyrsal
  5. thyrse
  6. thyrses
  7. thyrsi
  8. thyrsic
  9. thyrsiferous
  10. thyrsiform
  11. Thyrsis

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