Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

panicle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: pan-i-cle
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compound raceme.

Example Sentences

"Inflorescence a large terminal, leafy, cross-armed panicle, composed of small, 5-flowered, terminal umbellets."
"The panicle of Puya raimondii (see LARGEST BLOOM, above) emerges after 80-150 years of the plant's life and then dies."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pānicula, diminutive of pānus (“ear of millet, literally 'thread wound on a bobbin'”), from Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), πηνίον (pēníon, “bobbin”). Doublet of panocha.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pānicula

Inflected Forms

panicles (plural)

Derived Forms

panicled

Frequently Paired Words

corymb thyrse

Questions

What does panicle mean?: A compound raceme.
Where does panicle come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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