THYRSUS


Meaning of THYRSUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈθə:səs ]

n. (pl. thyrsi) 1 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a staff tipped with an ornament like a pine-cone, an attribute of Bacchus. 2 Bot. an inflorescence as in lilac, with the primary axis racemose and the secondary axis cymose. [L f. Gk thursos]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.