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thyrsus (iou)



thyrsus noun. . L16.
[Latin from Greek thursos stalk of a plant, Bacchic staff.]
Classical Antiquities. A staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers. L16.
Botany. Any of several forms of inflorescence; spec. (a) a lax spike, as in some orchids; (b) a contracted kind of panicle, esp. one in which the individual branches form dichasia or monochasia, as in lilac and horse chestnut. E18.