Etymology

panicum

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Today it means: Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses. Full definition →

translingual Panicum ← New Latin panicum
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  1. New Latin · derived frompanicum“panicgrass”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromPanicum
  3. English todaypanicum

From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).

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