Panicle

pan′i-kl, n. ( bot. ) a form of the arrangement of flowers on a stalk, in which the cluster is irregularly branched, as in oats.— n. Pan′ic , a gra of the genus Panicum .— adjs. Pan′icled ( bot. ), furnished with panicles: arranged in or like panicles; Panic′ulāte , -d , furnished with, arranged in, or like panicles.— adv. Panic′ulātely .— n. Pan′icum , a large genus of true gra es having the one or two-flowered spikelets in spikes, racemes, or panicles—including the common millet. [L. panicula , double dim. of pan us , thread wound on a bobbin, akin to L. pannus and Gr. pēnos . See Pane .]