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Definition of Panic grass
1. Noun. Any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder.
Specialized synonyms: Old Witch Grass, Old Witchgrass, Panicum Capillare, Tumble Grass, Witch Grass, Witchgrass, Panicum Virgatum, Switch Grass, Broomcorn Millet, Hog Millet, Panicum Miliaceum, Goose Grass, Panicum Texanum, Texas Millet
Generic synonyms: Millet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panic Grass
Literary usage of Panic grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"The larger Panic-grasses do not begin to bloom until midsummer or later. Many of
these are common in damp soil. The Large-fruited Panic-grass ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"PANIC-GRASS. Panicle various, cither loose and spreading or close and spike-like,
sometimes with the inflorescence crowded upon one side of a narrow rhachis ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Panic-grass Herbaceous perennial Dry banks, open woods and fields. ... Long-leaved
panic-grass Herbaceous perennial Peaty and sandy bogs and shores. ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Panic-grass Herbaceous perennial Dry banks, open woods and fields. ... Long-leaved
panic-grass Herbaceous perennial Peaty and sandy bogs and shores. ..."
5. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Broom-like Panic-grass. 9. P. nervosum MuM.: culm simple, with the nodes smooth
... Panicle with few spreading flexuous branches. Large-fruited Panic-grass. ..."
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