Thyrsus
noun, plural thyrsi
[thur-sahy] /ˈθɜr saɪ/ (Show IPA)
1.
Botany. a thyrse.
2.
Greek Antiquity. a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries.
noun (pl) -si (-saɪ)
1.
(Greek myth) a staff, usually one tipped with a pine cone, borne by Dionysus (Bacchus) and his followers
2.
a variant spelling of thyrse
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