different between cymose vs thyrse

English

Etymology

From the Latin c?m?sus, from c?ma, whence the English cyma.

Adjective

cymose (comparative more cymose, superlative most cymose)

1. (botany) having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.

Derived terms

• cymosely

Translations

Anagrams

• mycose

Latin

Adjective

c?m?se

1. vocative masculine singular of c?m?sus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thúrsos) via Latin thyrsus and French thyrse. Doublet of thyrsus and torso.

Noun

thyrse (plural thyrses)

1. (botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
   • 1804, Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany, page 143,

     The Thyrsus *, or Thyrse, is a mode of inflorescence very nearly allied to the panicle, being, in fact, a panicle contracted into an ovate, or egg-shaped form. In the thyrse, the middle footstalks, which are longer, extend horizontally, whilst the upper and lower oes are shorter, and rise up vertically.

   • 1840, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Boughton Kingdon (translator), Vegetable Organography, Volume II, page 24,

     The example of the thyrse of Eugenia leads us to understand several inflorescences which resemble also racemes or panicles; such are the thyrses of the Lilac.

   • 1998, D. W. Stevenson, M. Colella, B. Boom, Rapateaceae, Klaus Kubitzki, H. Huber (editors), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume IV: Flowering Plants, Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae), page 417,

     The number of spikelets is variable, and some genera have thyrses with 70 spikelets (Saxofridericia, Spathanthus) or only 1-3 spikelets per inflorescence (Stegolepsis, Monotrema).

2. (archaic) A thyrsus (staff with conical ornament).

Derived terms

• thyrsic
• thyrsiform
• thyrsoid

Translations

Anagrams

• ethyrs

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thyrsus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????? (thúrsos). Doublet of torse, a borrowing from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?s/

Noun

thyrse m (plural thyrses)

1. thyrsus
2. thyrse

Descendants

• ? English: thyrse (also via Latin)

Further reading

• “thyrse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

thyrse

1. vocative singular of thyrsus