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Definition of Thyrse
1. Noun. A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose.
Definition of Thyrse
1. n. A thyrsus.
Definition of Thyrse
1. Noun. (botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A thyrsus ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thyrse
1. thyrsus [n -S] - See also: thyrsus
Medical Definition of Thyrse
1. A branched inflorescence in which the main main stem is indeterminate and the lateral branches determinate in their growth. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyrse
Literary usage of Thyrse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"Spikelets of secondary branches of the thyrse imperfect ur abortive, giving a
gnawed appearance to the lower part of the thyrse; wing of bract terminating ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"thyrse, triers, a form of inflorescence consisting of a compact panicle in which
the middle pedicels are the longest, giving the whole an ovate shape. ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"Usually only two or three flowers in each thyrse perfect their fruit, often but
one. The wood is soft and brittle. 2. ACER, Tourn. MAPLE. ..."
4. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Usually only two or three flowers in each thyrse perfect their fruit, often but
one. The wood is soft and brittle. 2. ACER, Tourn. MAPLE. ..."
5. Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy: Comprising Such Terms in Botany by William Humble (1843)
"thyrse, Fr.) IQ botany, a kind of inflorescence, as when the middle branches of
a panicle are longer than the others. The horse-chesnut, lilac, &c., ..."
6. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"thyrse 6-9 in. long, 3-4 broad, leafy many-fld. Fl. pale ochre straw-colour or
dirty-w., 1-2 lines long, 1-li broad. Scales linear-lanceolate with ..."
7. Outlines of Botany: Taken Chiefly from Smith's Introduction ... For the Use by Sir James Edward Smith, John Locke (1819)
"The partial umbel and involucre. a. The universal or general umbel and IB- 4.
Cyme. p. 43. 5. Panicle. 6. thyrse. ; /'. ... thyrse."
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