thyrsus

英 ['θɜːsəs] 美
  • n. [植] 聚伞圆锥花序;酒神杖(酒神Bacchus所执的顶端为松果形的手杖)
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thyrsus (n.)
1590s, from Latinized form of Greek thyrsos, literally "stalk or stem of a plant," a non-Greek word of unknown origin. The staff or spear, tipped with an ornament like a pine cone and sometimes wreathed in ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries.