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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.
The floral portion of the Orchard grass is a closed panicle, which is a term for the floral structures of the grass branching off at one node of the stem into different structures. The branch of this stem is called the pedicel; at the end of the pedicel is the spikelet, or the floral portion of the grass.