"thyrsus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθɜːsəs/ [UK], /ˈθɚsəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thyrsus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thyrsi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜːsəs, -ə(ɹ)səs Etymology: From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrse and torso. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|thyrsus}} Latin thyrsus, {{uder|en|grc|θύρσος}} Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos), {{doublet|en|thyrse|torso}} Doublet of thyrse and torso Head templates: {{en-noun|thyrsi}} thyrsus (plural thyrsi)
  1. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers. Translations (staff): тирс (tirs) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tirs [masculine] (Catalan), thyrsus [masculine] (Dutch), thyrsos (Finnish), thyrse [masculine] (French), Thyrsus [masculine] (German), θύρσος (thýrsos) [masculine] (Greek), thürszosz (Hungarian), tirso [masculine] (Italian), thyrsos [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tyrs [masculine] (Polish), tirso [masculine] (Portuguese), tirs [masculine] (Romanian), тирс (tirs) [masculine] (Russian), tirso [masculine] (Spanish), thyrsosstav [common-gender] (Swedish), thyrsos [common-gender] (Swedish), тирс (tyrs) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-thyrsus-en-noun-wAC0LAxj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'staff': 100 0
  2. (botany) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-thyrsus-en-noun-gfcyVXIt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 44 56 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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