| panicle | (n) compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers |
| panicled | (adj) having panicles; occurring in panicles, Example: a panicled inflorescence |
| panicled aster | (n) a variety of aster |
| Panicle | n. [ L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d Pane. ] (Bot.) A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Panicled | a. (Bot.) Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate. [ 1913 Webster ] |