thyr·sus /ˈθɝsəs/
 Bocchus的手杖,圓錐花序


 Thyr·sus n.; pl. Thyrsi
 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.
 2. Bot. A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

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 thyrsus
      n : a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut)
          in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are
          cymose [syn: thyrse]
      [also: thyrsi (pl)]