— panicled , adj.
/pan"i keuhl/ , n. Bot.
1. a compound raceme. See illus. under inflorescence .
2. any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.
[ 1590-1600; panicula tuft (on plants), dim. of panus thread wound on a bobbin, a swelling, ear of millet pânos (Attic pênos ) a web; see -I-, -CLE 1 ]