<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>thyrsi</li></ul><p><strong>Plural:</strong></p><ul><li>thyrsi</li></ul><p><strong>Definition:</strong></p><ul><li>Botany: A thyrse</li><li>Greek Antiquity: A staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus and his votaries</li></ul>