panicum
nounEtymology From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).
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Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
- And his property might remind someone of the dunes of the East End of Long Island: nine acres of artfully placed native grasses like panicum and schizachyrium and meadow plants like rudbeckia and asters.2008 January 18, Steve Bailey, “A Weekend Home That’s Straight Out of a Dream”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- panicum at USDA Plants database