Panicum
noun
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Definitions
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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).