adjective
- arranged in or bearing a panicle; having the form of a panicle (a branched flower cluster).
Usage: botanical term; commonly used in plant description and taxonomy
Examples
- The panicled inflorescence of the oat plant consists of many small spikelets.
- Lilacs produce panicled clusters of fragrant flowers in spring.
- The botanist identified the species by its distinctive panicled flower arrangement.
- Many grasses have panicled seed heads that disperse in the wind.
- The panicled structure allows the plant to display hundreds of tiny flowers.