panicle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers

WordNet

Pan"i*cle noun
Etymology
L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr. , prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d Pane.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.

Webster 1913