Bot. [mod.L. dim. of THYRSUS.] (See quot. 1900.)
1832. Lindley, Introd. Bot., I. ii. 112. Link terms this inflorescence a thyrsula.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, 271/1. Thyrsula, the little cyme which is borne by most Labiates in the axil of the leaves.