noun
- a branched flower cluster in which the main stem and its branches each bear flowers on smaller stalks
Usage: botany; common in grasses and many flowering plants
Examples
- The rice plant produces a panicle of small flowers at the top of each stem.
- Lilacs have dense panicles of fragrant purple blooms.
- The botanist examined the panicle structure to identify the grass species.
- Oat plants develop panicles that hang gracefully when mature.
- The ornamental grass displays feathery panicles in late summer.