panicum

Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.

Noun

  1. 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...

Origin

Etymology tree Latin pānicumder. Translingual Panicumbor. English panicum From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).

Forms

panicums

Related

panicum at USDA Plants database