panicle

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panicle

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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 panicles

  1. A compound raceme. Inflorescence a large terminal, leafy, cross-armed panicle, composed of small, 5-flowered, terminal umbellets.

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noun a compound raceme

Españolpanoja, panícula
Portuguêspanícula
Françaispanicule
DeutschRispe
Italianopannocchia
Русскийметёлка metjólka

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@misc{panicle_2026,
  title = {panicle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panicle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}