noun

pānĭcŭla

gen. pānĭcŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(also , Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. , Non. 149, 22), , ; also , , dim. panus

a tuft; a panicle

a tuft, a panicle on plants.

a tuft of thatch; of reeds used for thatching •

Lit.: tu legiones difflavisti spiritu, quasi ventus folia aut paniculum tectorium, a tuft of thatch, i. e. of reeds used for thatching, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17; cf. id. Rud. 1, 2, 34; Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49: Graecula rosa convolutis foliorum paniculis, id. 21, 4, 10, § 18: panicum a paniculis dictum, id. 18, 7, 9, § 53.—

a swelling by extension

Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.

Perseus ID: n33641 Key: panicula