panicum
/ˈpanɪkəm/Botany
noun
Any of numerous grasses of the genus Panicum, which includes European millet, P. miliaceum, and several other important cereals and fodder grasses; panic grass; (in form Panicum) the genus itself.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Philip Miller (1691–1771), horticulturist and writer. From classical Latin pānicum panic, adopted by Linnaeus (Species Plantarum I. 55) and earlier botanists as the name of a genus.