panicle

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pānicula, diminutive of pānus (“ear of millet, literally 'thread wound on a bobbin'”), from Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), πηνίον (pēníon, “bobbin”).

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panicle (plural panicles)

  1. (botany) A compound raceme.

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