panic grass

British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of panic grass

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

Example Sentences

Experiments on wheat produced similarly startling results: plants treated with the fungus from heat-loving panic grass could now tolerate temperatures of up to 70 °C while halving their water requirements.

From Nature • Sep. 25, 2013

Now you wrap it in a lotus-leaf, and I will get yellow pigment and earth from a sacred spot and blades of panic grass for the happy ceremony.

From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa

Where the land lies low, plant rape, millet, and panic grass.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

Feed clover until it is dry, then feed vetch and then panic grass, and after the panic grass feed elm leaves.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax