panicum virgatum

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   grass of western America used for hay

   Synonymsswitch grass

   Broaderpanic grass

Questions about panicum virgatum

What does panicum virgatum mean?

panicum virgatum means "grass of western America used for hay".

What is another word for panicum virgatum?

Close synonyms include switch grass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is panicum virgatum a common word?

panicum virgatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.