thyrsus
noun pl. thyrsi
- 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
See thyrsus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(thûrˈsəs)
noun pl. thyr·si (-sī) - Mythology A staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy, carried by Dionysus, Dionysian revelers, and satyrs.
- Botany A thyrse.
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