Meanings
nounpanicum (plural panicums)
plural panicums
- 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
Origin
- New Latinpanicum“panicgrass”
- translingualPanicum
- Englishpanicum
From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).
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Polish proso
- prosoany grass in the genus Panicum
Portuguese painço
- painçoany grass in the genus Panicum
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APA
panicum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panicum
MLA
“panicum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panicum. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panicum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panicum.
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