thyrsus

A staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy, carried by Dionysus, Dionysian revelers, and satyrs.

One of the most common attributes or emblems of Dionysus (Bacchus) and his thiasus and vo taries.

Same as thyrse, 2.

A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites.

A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

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