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Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes.
Historical Examples. 1  In one or two species of Aira the panicle may be somewhat contracted and tuft-like. 2  The index reference for panicle should probably be 76, rather than 81, but was not changed. 3  panicled, Paniculate, arranged in panicles, or like a panicle. The Elements of Botany Asa Gray With the last-named gentleman a panicle, with sixty flowers upon it, is now (April, 1864) in full beauty. Sterile pinnÃ¦ pinnate; fronds large, fertile portion green, turning brown, forming a panicle at the top. The panicle is often two feet long, with its string of scarlet horns.