PANICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panicum mean? 

• PANICUM (noun)
  The noun PANICUM has 1 sense:

1. panic grass

  Familiarity information: PANICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANICUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Panic grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Panicum; Panicum

Hypernyms ("Panicum" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Panicum"):

panic grass (any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder)

Holonyms ("Panicum" is a member of...):

family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)