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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) thyrse
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.

Etymology: (1595–1605; < F < L thyrsusthyrsus)

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1. (noun) thyrse, thyrsus
a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose

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1. (noun) thyrse
a thyrsus

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