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pānĭcŭla (also pānŭcŭla, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. pānŭcla, Non. 149, 22), ae, f.; also pānĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [panus], a tuft, a panicle on plants.

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.

pānĭcŭlus, i, m., v. panicula.