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THYRSUS
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Irregular inflected form: thyrsi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
Synonyms:
thyrse; thyrsus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thyrsus" is a kind of...):
flower cluster (an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers)