panicle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin pānicula, diminutive of pānus (“ear of millet, literally 'thread wound on a bobbin'”), from Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), πηνίον (pēníon, “bobbin”). Doublet of panocha.
Noun[edit]
panicle (plural panicles)
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a compound raceme