单词 | panicle |
释义 | paniclen.1 Botany. An inflorescence consisting of a loosely branching cluster of flowers, as in oats and many other grasses; (now) spec. a racemose (or occasionally cymose) compound inflorescence having a primary axis bearing branched secondary axes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > panicle panicle1577 juba1688 thyrsus1704 thyrse1744 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. sig. Dviii Panicum [margin Panicle]..so called of the little Pannicles [L. a paniculis] wherein the seede lyeth. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 4 The bushie top, with his long feather-like pannicles do resemble the common Reede. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. vii Panick..is found with a tuft or bunch, from which depend certain small clustered chats or panicles. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. (at cited word) A Panicle is a Stalk diffus'd into several Pedicles, or Footstalks, sustaining the Flowers or Fruits, as in Oats. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 98 The blossoms are disposed in a pannicle, or diffused spike. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 120 When millet is ripe, the panicles are cut off near to the top of the stalk. 1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. i. 83 An inflorescence which branches irregularly, like that of Bramble, Horse Chestnut, and most Grasses, is called a panicle. 1920 J. Sargeaunt Trees, Shrubs, & Plants of Virgil 89 The panicles of small white blossoms appear in August. 1952 C. van Dillewiijn Bot. of Sugarcane v. 48 The inflorescence of sugarcane (tassle or arrow) is an open-branched panicle. 2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 65/2 Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberfeder’ is an upright deciduous perennial with blue-green leaves and dainty pink-tinted panicles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † paniclen.2 Obsolete. Italian millet, Setaria italica. Cf. panic n.1Johnson's reference to Miller is erroneous; the second vol. of Miller's Gardeners Dict. (1739) contains an entry for Panicum: see panicum n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > panic grasses panic?1440 summer grass1531 panicle1577 manna-grass1597 panic grass1597 panicum1739 crab-grass1743 witchgrass1790 old-witch grass1859 vine-bamboo1871 Vandyke1889 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > other types of millet panic?1440 panicle1577 Turkey mill1597 panicum1739 ragi1788 tocusso1790 Egyptian millet1829 eleusine1836 shamalo1846 marua1847 moha1855 shama1874 jungle-rice1886 fonio1903 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 165 Theyr [sc. Duckes] foode must be..Otes, Barley, Pease, Panicle, Millet, and Spery, yf you haue any store. 1606 H. Peacham Graphice (1612) 135 September in his left hand a handful of Millet, Oates and Panicle. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xii. §92 Oats, Rice, Millet, Panicle, Beech-wheat. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Panicle, Panic The pannicle is a plant of the millet kind, differing from that, by the disposition of the flowers and seeds... Miller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.11577n.21577 |
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