panicle

The definition of a panicle is a cluster of flowers on a branch.

(noun)

A lilac is an example of a panicle.

See panicle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a loose, irregularly branched, indeterminate flower cluster; compound raceme

Origin: L panicula, tuft on plants, panicle, dim. of panus, a swelling, ear of millet: see panic

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See panicle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes.

Origin:

Origin: Latin pānicula

Origin: , feminine diminutive of pānus, a swelling, main stalk of a panicle

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