thyrsi-
(ˈθɜːsɪ)
combining form of thyrsus, used in a few botanical terms. thyrsiferous (-ˈɪfərəs) a. [-ferous], bearing thyrsi or contracted panicles. thyrsiˈflorous a. [L. flōs, flōr- flower], having the flowers in thyrsi. ˈthyrsiform a., having the form of a thyrsus, thyrsoid.
| 1895 Funk's Stand. Dict., Thyrsiferous. 1860 Mayne Expos. Lex., Thyrsiflorous. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1150 Thyrse (adj. Thyrsiform). 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) I. 159 A thyrsus or thyrsiform inflorescence. |