panic grass

noun

1. any of various grasses of the genus Panicum, such as millet, grown in warm and tropical regions for fodder and grain

Word History and Origins

Origin of panic grass¹

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

Example Sentences

The five fairy-trees standing by themselves in Fig. 46 are four short-stemmed tops of the Scribner's panic-grass.

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Foxtail (Setaria glauca), false redtop (Triodia flava), and panic grass (Panicum clandestinum) also occur commonly.

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A bread made of a mixture of maize (2 parts), rye , millet , and panic-grass .

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Another substitute for rice beyond millet is hiye (panic grass).

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On this dry, sandy, cactus-loving upland grew the rich grama-grass, another name for it being panic-grass.

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