Associations to the word «Thyrsus»

Wiktionary

THYRSUS, noun. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.
THYRSUS, noun. (botany) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

Dictionary definition

THYRSUS, noun. A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose.

Wise words

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