panic grass

/ˌpænɪk græs/

Definitions of panic grass

1. noun

   any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
   types:

   Panicum capillare, old witch grass, old witchgrass, tumble grass, witch grass, witchgrass

   North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land

   Panicum virgatum, switch grass

   grass of western America used for hay

   Panicum miliaceum, broomcorn millet, hog millet

   extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage

   Panicum Texanum, Texas millet, goose grass

   annual weedy grass used for hay

   type of:

   millet

   any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine