panicle
nounA loosely branched inflorescence, especially a branching raceme.
A form of inflorescence produced, in its simple and normal type, when a raceme becomes irregularly compound by some of the pedicles developing into peduncles, each bearing several flowers, or branching again and again in the same order.
A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
A compound raceme.
Compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers.
