thyrsus
thyrsus
Definition
thyr·sus (t̸hʉr′səs)
noun pl. thyr′si′-sī′
- a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes entwined with ivy or vine leaves, which Dionysus, the satyrs, etc. were represented as carrying
- Bot. a flower cluster in which the main stem is racemose and the secondary stems are cymose, as in the lilac
Etymology: L < Gr thyrsos; ? akin to Hittite tuwarsa-, grape vine
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