Definition of Thyrsoid

1. a. Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.

Definition of Thyrsoid

1. thyrsus [adj] - See also: thyrsus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyrsoid

thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test
thyrotropin resistance
thyrotropins
thyroxin
thyroxine
thyroxine-binding globulin
thyroxine-binding protein
thyroxine-binding proteins
thyroxine sodium
thyroxines
thyroxins
thyrse
thyrses
thyrseus
thyrsi
thyrsoid (current term)
thyrsopteris
thyrsus
thysanone
thysanopter
thysanoptera
thysanopteran
thysanopterans
thysanopteron
thysanopterous
thysanopterous insect
thysanopters
thysanura
thysanuran
thysanuran insect

Literary usage of Thyrsoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... the divisions entire or rarely few-toothed : fruiting cynics open, at length thyrsoid- ... thyrsoid ..."

2. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Flat' trs yellowish green, In thyrsoid panicles, smaller than in the preceding species, terminating the young branches, ..."

3. Manual of the Botany (Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... the divisions entire or rarely few-toothed : fruiting cymes open, at length thyrsoid- ... thyrsoid ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Ь^'-'М mm. long, silky-ca nescent : inflorescence at first capitate, in fruit thyrsoid-spicate. fulvous-pubescent: corolla white, tube scarcely equaling the ..."

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