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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

panicle A type of flowering shoot common in the grass family. The primary axis bears groups of racemes and is itself racemose, as the youngest groups of flowers are at the top (e.g. oat). The term may be used loosely for any form of branched racemose inflorescence; for example, the horse chestnut is a raceme of cymes. Both these arrangements are seen in the family Polygonaceae (docks and sorrels).

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

panicle Strictly, an inflorescence that is a compound raceme, i.e. one that comprises several racemose parts. More loosely, the term is applied to any complex, branched inflorescence.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "panicle." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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panicle

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pan·i·cle / ˈpanikəl/ • n. Bot. a loose, branching cluster of flowers, as in oats. DERIVATIVES: pan·i·cled adj.

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panicle

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

panicle compound inflorescence. XVI. — L. pānicula, dim of pānus; see PANIC1, -CLE.

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T. F. HOAD. "panicle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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