panicledadj.
/ˈpanᵻkld/, U.S. /ˈpænək(ə)ld/ Botany.
Arranged in or bearing a panicle or panicles; paniculate.In the English names of plants, often translating the specific epithet paniculatus.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of or bearing panicles
coarctate?a1475
coarctated1655
panicled1677
paniculated1719
paniculate1727
thyrsoid1830
thyrsiflorous1860
thyrsoidal1864
thyrsiform1866
thyrsiferous1895
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 84 Fair panicled corn or bent-grass.
1785 H. Marshall Amer. Grove 7 Andromeda paniculata, Panicled Andromeda.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 267/1 Flowers panicled about the ends of the branches.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 292 Arranged in a spiked, racemed, or panicled manner.
1938 Amer. Home Jan. 14/1 Our first home building adventure led us..to a lot on which stood a graceful elm and a number of shrubby, panicled dogwoods (Cornus racemosa).
1996 New Scientist 27 July 15/2 Bumblebees on the alpine heath seem to cheat on their pollination pact with panicled bluebells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1677