In Greek mythology, a thyrsus (thyrsos) was a staff of giant fennel (Ferula communis) covered with ivy vines and leaves, sometimes wound with taeniae and always topped with a pine ...
2. Greek Antiquity. a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries.
1. Mythology A staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy, carried by Dionysus ... 2. Botany A thyrse.
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