thyrsus

(t̸hʉrsəs)

noun pl. thyrsi

  1. a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes entwined with ivy or vine leaves, which Dionysus, the satyrs, etc. were represented as carrying
  2. Bot. a flower cluster in which the main stem is racemose and the secondary stems are cymose, as in the lilac
    also thyrse

Origin: L < Gr thyrsos; ? akin to Hittite tuwarsa-, grape vine

See thyrsus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. thyr·si (-sī)
  1. Mythology A staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy, carried by Dionysus, Dionysian revelers, and satyrs.
  2. Botany A thyrse.

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: , from Greek thursos

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