thyrse

A branching flower cluster, as of a lilac, in which the central axis is indeterminate and the lateral branches are determinate cymes.

Same as thyrsus, 1.

In botany, a contracted or ovate panicle, being a mixed or compound form of inflorescence in which the primary ramification is centripetal and the secondary or ultimate is centrifugal.

A small earthenware vessel, of a form resembling that of a pine-cone, especially such a vessel of ancient make.

A thyrsus.

A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes

A thyrsus

a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose