Thyrse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thyrse is a noun meaning (botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
Meaning
(botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament).
Example Sentences
The example of the thyrse of Eugenia leads us to understand several inflorescences which resemble also racemes or panicles; such are the thyrses of the Lilac.
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.
1998, D. W. Stevenson, M. Colella, B. Boom, Rapateaceae, Klaus Kubitzki, H. Huber (editors), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume IV: Flowering Plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae), page 417, The number of spikelets is variable, and some genera have thyrses with 70 spikelets (Saxofridericia, Spathanthus) or only 1-3 spikelets per inflorescence (Stegolepsis, Monotrema).
Word Forms
- thyrses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thyrsus, thyrsoid, botryoid, dichasium, bostryx, raceme.
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