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- Panicle - n. - A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
- Panicled - a. - Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.
- Plume - v. - A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- Broom corn - - A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.
- Yucca - n. - A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.
- Osmund - n. - A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.