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Definition of Thyrsus
1. Noun. A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose.
Definition of Thyrsus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Thyrsus
1. Noun. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thyrsus
1. a type of flower cluster [n -SI] : THYRSOID [adj]
Medical Definition of Thyrsus
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Origin: L, fr. Gr. Cf. Torso.
1. 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 good to grow on graves As twist about a thyrsus." (Mrs. Browning) "In my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine." (Longfellow)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyrsus
Literary usage of Thyrsus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"It is this arrangement which mainly characterizes the thyrsus. ... thyrsus is a
MIXED PANICLE. It is seldom that a repeatedly branching inflorescence of the ..."
2. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"In the cathedral of our Lady at Sisteron, in a church at Limoges, &c. St.
thyrsus is one of the patrons. Many churches in Spain bear his name. ..."
3. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"thyrsus had his eyelids pierced, and rings put through them, and molten lead was
poured down his back. His arms and legs were broken. He died in prison. ..."
4. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... paniculate, or interrupted leafy thyrsus. = Involucre naked at base, all the
bracts dry an. ... gli uni forming an interrupted strict thyrsus. — PI. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"appears most commonly to form the head of the thyrsus. The pinecone-headed thyrsus
is held by Dionysos on an Attic terracotta of early • tyli; ..."
6. Orpheus by George Robert Stow Mead (1896)
"THE thyrsus. The candidates also carried in their hands ... This explains the
phrase "many thyrsus- bearers there are, but few Bacchi. ..."
7. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"... with medicinal juices, it secretes aromatics which are highly prized. This is
the ca.se 103. thyrsus of Flowers of the Yellow Cinchona—Cinc/nma ..."
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