thyrsoid, a. Bot.
(ˈθɜːsɔɪd)
[f. thyrs-us + -oid: cf. Gr. θυρσοειδής thyrsus-like (Dioscorides).]
Of the form of, or resembling, a thyrsus or contracted panicle. So thyrˈsoidal a.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 61 Flowers terminal, usually thyrsoid. 1864 Webster, Thyrsoid, Thyrsoidal. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 238 Privet..Flowers in terminal thyrsoid cymes. |