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▪ I. panicle1 Bot.|ˈpænɪk(ə)l|
Also 6–9 pannicle.
[ad. L. pānicula (-ucula), dim. of pānus a swelling, an ear of millet.]
A compound inflorescence, usually of the racemose type, in which some of the pedicels branch again or repeatedly, forming a loose and irregularly spreading cluster, as in oats and many grasses.
1597Gerarde Herbal i. iii. 4 The bushie top, with his long feather-like pannicles do resemble the common Reede. 1792M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 98 The blossoms are disposed in a pannicle, or diffused spike. 1832Veg. Subst. Food 120 When millet is ripe, the panicles are cut off near to the top of the stalk. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. i. i. 83 An inflorescence which branches irregularly, like that of Bramble, Horse Chestnut, and most Grasses, is called a panicle.
▪ II. † panicle2 Obs.
= panic n.1
Johnson's example from Miller is erroneous; M.'s entry is Panicum, Panic (etc.).
1606Peacham Graphice (1612) 135 September in his left hand a handful of Millet, Oates and Panicle. 1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §92. 31 Oats, Rice, Millet, Panicle, Beech-wheat.
▪ III. panicle
obs. form of pannicle. |