thyrsus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

   “1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poet's Calendar In my hand I bear / The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.”

2. isim A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.