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Thyrsi
(gcide) | Thyrsus \Thyr"sus\, n.; pl. Thyrsi. [L., fr. Gr. ?. Cf.
Torso.]
1. A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone,
or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or
berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs
and others engaging in Bacchic rites.
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A good to grow on graves
As twist about a thyrsus. --Mrs.
Browning.
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In my hand I bear
The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
--Longfellow.
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2. (Bot.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in
the lilac and horse-chestnut.
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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
(gcide) | Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa Persica, the Persian
lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and
beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British
colonies various other shrubs have this name.
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2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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Lysimachia thyrsiflora
(gcide) | Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\ (l[=oo]s"str[imac]f`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The name of several species of plants of the genus
Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually
of a yellow color.
(b) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in
some species, crimson flowers. --Gray.
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False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which
includes several species, most of which are found in the
United States.
Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora,
found in the northern parts of the United States and in
Europe. --Gray.
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Thyrsites atun
(gcide) | Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouta \Bar`ra*cou"ta\,, n.
[Native name.] (Zool.)
Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the
gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyr[ae]na and family
Sphyr[ae]nid[ae]. The great barracuda ({Sphyr[ae]na
barracuda}) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six
feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its
flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyr[ae]na Argentea of
the Pacific coast and Sphyr[ae]na sphyr[ae]na of Europe are
smaller species, and are used as food.
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Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[ae]na
spet} (or Sphyr[ae]na vulgaris); a southern species
is Sphyr[ae]na picuda; the Californian is
Sphyr[ae]na argentea.
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2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and
New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
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