paniculate, a.
(pəˈnɪkjʊlət)
[ad. mod.L. pāniculāt-us, f. pānicula panicle1 + -ate2.]
Arranged in a panicle; panicled.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II. s.v., A Plant is said to be floribus paniculatis, i.e. with paniculate Flowers, when it bears a great Number of Flowers standing upon long Foot-Stalks, issuing on all Sides from the middle Stalk. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxi. (1765) 217 Paniculate, with the Flowers in Panicles. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 578 Incurvate, paniculate in a plane, subtripinnate. 1877–84 F. E. Hulme Wild Fl. p. vi, The inflorescence paniculate. |
Hence paˈniculately adv.
| 1870 Hooker Stud. Fl. 306 Scapes..paniculately branched. |