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thyrsus

also thyrsi
noun
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As a noun, thyrsus means a staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

Meanings of thyrsus

3 meanings

noun

  1. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

  2. botanyA species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

  3. A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymoseplant

    Similar: thyrse

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noun: a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut…
thyrse

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