panicum

English

Etymology

New Latin, from the genus name.

Noun

panicum (plural panicums)

1. Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
   • 2008 January 18, Steve Bailey, “A Weekend Home That’s Straight Out of a Dream”, New York Times:

     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.

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