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THYRSE (therses)
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Irregular inflected form: therses
Dictionary entry overview: What does thyrse mean?
• THYRSE (noun)
The noun THYRSE has 1 sense:
1. a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
Familiarity information: THYRSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
thyrse; thyrsus
Hypernyms ("thyrse" is a kind of...):
flower cluster (an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers)
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