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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Panicle \Pan"i*cle\, noun [L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr. ?, ?; prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d {Pane}.] (Bot.) A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
panicle
noun: compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
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