Originally: Italian or foxtail millet, Setaria italica (formerly Panicum italicum). Later: any of various cereals and other grasses of the genus Pa…

(a) the grass of summer; grass which grows or seeds in the summer; (b) Australian and New Zealand any of several grasses regarded as weeds, esp.…

Italian millet, Setaria italica. Cf. panic, n.1

Either of two grasses of the tribe Paniceae, with edible seeds: †(a) hairy finger-grass, Digitaria sanguinalis (obsolete); (b) South African a kind…

panic; (later) spec. (often with distinguishing word) any of numerous grasses of the genus Panicum.

Any of numerous grasses of the genus Panicum, which includes European millet, P. miliaceum, and several other important cereals and fodder grasses…

In U.S. A species of grass, Panicum sanguinale; also other allied species.

(a) couch grass, Elymus repens; (b) a North American bunch grass, Panicum capillare, frequently regarded as a weed.

the witch grass Panicum capillare, found throughout the United States.

a species of panic-grass (Panicum divaricatum).

(See quot. 1889.)