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Panicum

Definition: Panicum

Panicum

Noun

1. Panic grass.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Panicum \Pan"i*cum\, noun. [Latin expression, panic grass.]. (Websters 1913)

"Panicum" is a common misspelling or typo for: Painful, Panacea, Panic, Pentium, Pianism.



Specialty Definitions: Panicum

DomainDefinitions

Botanical

Many species of Panicum may serve as grain sources. Their greatest importance in Panama is for forage, guinea grass and para grass being most important. Smutty looking grains may be poisonous due to a fungus. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Panicum

Synonym: genus Panicum (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Panicum

English words defined with "Panicum": genus PanicummilletPanic grass, Panicum capillare, Panicum Grus-galli, Panicum miliaceum, Panicum Texanum, Panicum virgatum, Para grassTexas milletWitch grass. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Panicum": Angola grassSEEDS EDIBLE-RAWVERNONIA BRACTEATA, VERNONIA BRASILILANA, VERNONIA CANESCENS, VERNONIA CINEREA. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Panicum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (kind of millet, panic, Panic grass, Panicum, panicum-like grasses, Tepalon, Tikagan).

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Commercial Usage: Panicum

DomainTitle

Books

  • Grasses: Panicum to Danthonia (Illustrated Flora of Illinois) (reference)

  • Nature et hérédité de l'apomixie chez Panicum maximum Jacq (reference)

  • Organisation évolutive d'un groupe agamique : la section des Maximae du genre Panicum (graminées) (reference)

  • Polymorphisme et modes de reproduction dans la section des Maximae du genre Panicum (graminées) en Afrique (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Panicum

Illustrations:
Panicum

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Expressions: Panicum

Expressions using "Panicum": Digitaria or Panicum sanguinalis genus Panicum panicum barbinode panicum capillare panicum jumentorum panicum miliaceum panicum molle panicum sanguinale panicum sanguinalis panicum Texanum panicum virgatum. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Panicum

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

panicum

12

maximum panicum

11

panicum virgatum

11

miliaceum panicum

3

panicum purpurascens

3
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Modern Translations: Panicum

Language Translations for "Panicum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

芑 (Panicum miliaceum), 穇 (panicum frumentaceum), 秫 (Panicum italicum), 稗 (millet, Panicum crus). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sen hirse (smooth witchgrass, USA:fall panicum), rejnfan (panicum-like grasses), hirsesorter (panicum-like grasses), hirsearter (panicum-like grasses). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vingergrassen (panicum-like grasses), Boerenwormkruid (feverfew, panicum-like grasses). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pietaryrtti (panicum-like grasses, tansy). (various references)

   

French

  

panices (panicum-like grasses), panic dichotome (USA:fall panicum). (various references)

   

German

  

Hirse-Arten (panicum-like grasses), gabelbluetige Hirse (smooth witchgrass, USA:fall panicum). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πάνικο (panicum-like grasses). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

×"וחן (millet). (various references)

   

Italian

  

panico americano (smooth witchgrass, USA:fall panicum). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anicumpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

paincos (panicum-like grasses). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

panicoideas (panicum-like grasses). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

renfana (panicum-like grasses, tansy), hirs (millet, panicum-like grasses), hösthirs (smooth witchgrass, USA:fall panicum). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Panicum

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Panicum, Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx., Tanacetum vulgare L.. (various references)

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Derivations: Panicum

Derivations

Words beginning with "Panicum": panicums. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Panicum"

Words rhyming with "Panicum" (pronounced 'Pan"i*cum'): Caecum, Colchicum, Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Guiacum, Hypericum, Mesocaecum, Mesymnicum, modicum, molluscum, Offscum, Periostracum, Proostracum, talcum, Triticum, Tucum, Viaticum, Viscum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Panicum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-n-p-u"

-2 letters: amnic, campi, cumin, manic, mucin, panic, umiac, uncap, uncia.

-3 letters: amin, cain, camp, main, maun, mica, mina, muni, nipa, pain, pian, pica, pima, pina, puma, puna, unai, unci.

-4 letters: aim, ain, ami, amp, amu, ani, cam, can, cap, cum, cup, imp, mac, man, map, mun, nam, nap, nim, nip, pac, pam, pan, pia, pic, pin, piu, pun, ump.

-5 letters: ai, am, an, in, ma, mi, mu, na, nu, pa, pi, um, un, up.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-m-n-p-u"
 

+1 letter: panicums.

 

+2 letters: campusing, municipal, pneumatic.

 

+3 letters: manuscript, mudcapping, municipals, pancratium, unclamping, unemphatic.

 

+4 letters: carpogonium, computation, impuissance, intercampus, manuscripts, municipally, pancratiums, pericranium, unempirical.

 

+5 letters: alphanumeric, compurgation, computations, epicureanism, impuissances, incomputable, incomputably, multiplicand, municipality, municipalize, musicianship, nonmunicipal, pneumaticity, protactinium, undiplomatic, unimportance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Panicum


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 6E 69 63 75 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100011 01110101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#110 &#105 &#99 &#117 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 006E 0069 0063 0075 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50678075698779

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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