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thyrsus

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈθɜːsəs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(thûr′səs)

thyr•sus (thûr′səs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -si (-sī).USA pronunciation

Plant Biology[Bot.]a thyrse.
Antiquity[Gk. Antiq.]a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries.

Greek thýrsos Bacchic staff, stem of plant
Latin
1585–95

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thyrsus /ˈθɜːsəs/ n ( pl -si /-saɪ/)

a staff, usually one tipped with a pine cone, borne by Dionysus (Bacchus) and his followers
a variant spelling of thyrse

Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin, from Greek thursos stalk

thyrse (thûrs),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]

Plant Biologya compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.

Also, thyrsus.

Latin thyrsus thyrsus
French
1595–1605

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

thyrse /θɜːs/, thyrsus /ˈθɜːsəs/ n ( pl thyrses, thyrsi /ˈθɜːsaɪ/)

a type of inflorescence, occurring in the lilac and grape, in which the main branch is racemose and the lateral branches cymose

Etymology: 17th Century: from French: thyrsus

'thyrsus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

thyrse - torso - thyrsoid

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