thyrse

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
    — The Thyrsus *, or Thyrse, is a mode of inflorescence very nearly allied to the panicle, being, in fact, a panicle contracted into an ovate, or egg-shaped form. In the thyrse, the middle footstalks, which are longer, extend horizontally, whilst the upper and lower oes are shorter, and rise up vertically.
  2. A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament). archaic

词形变化

thyrses plural

词汇关系

词源

From Middle French thyrse, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrsus, torse, and torso.
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