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Paniculate vs Pandiculate - What's the difference?

paniculate | pandiculate |

As an adjective paniculate

is having a branched cluster of flowers.

As a verb pandiculate is

(ambitransitive) to fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning.

paniculate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a branched cluster of flowers.

    • Usage notes

    Strictly, the adjective should be used only when the inflorescence branches into racemes, but usage is extended by botanists to include similar branching structures such as corymbs and thyrses. The comparative and superlative forms can be used only informally.

    pandiculate

    English

    Verb

    (pandiculat)
  • (ambitransitive) To fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "pandiculate")

    Derived terms

    * pandiculation