thyrse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French thyrse, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrsus, torse, and torso. === Noun === thyrse (plural thyrses) (botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes. 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). (archaic) A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament). ==== Derived terms ==== thyrsic thyrsiform thyrsoid ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === ethyrs == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French thyrse, borrowed from Latin thyrsus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of torse, a borrowing from Italian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiʁs/ === Noun === thyrse m (plural thyrses) thyrsus thyrse === Further reading === “thyrse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Noun === thyrse vocative singular of thyrsus