panic grass

panic grass

n.

Any of numerous grasses of the genus Panicum, many of which are grown for grain and fodder.

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[Middle English panik, from Old French, from Latin pnicum, from pnis, bread; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

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panic grass

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various grasses of the genus Panicum, such as millet, grown in warm and tropical regions for fodder and grain

[C15 panic, from Latin pānicum, probably a back formation from pānicula panicle]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

panic grass - any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder genus Panicum, Panicum - panic grass old witch grass, old witchgrass, Panicum capillare, tumble grass, witch grass, witchgrass - North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land Panicum virgatum, switch grass - grass of western America used for hay broomcorn millet, hog millet, Panicum miliaceum - extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage Panicum Texanum, Texas millet, goose grass - annual weedy grass used for hay millet - any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine