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Tropical vs Panicum - What's the difference?

tropical | panicum |

As an adjective tropical

is of or north and 23 degrees south.

As a noun tropical

is a tropical plant.

As a proper noun panicum is

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tropical

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or north and 23 degrees south.
  • From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
  • (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
  • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * South
  • The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.

    Derived terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tropical plant.
  • panicum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 18, author=Steve Bailey, title=A Weekend Home That’s Straight Out of a Dream, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=And his property might remind someone of the dunes of the East End of Long Island: nine acres of artfully placed native grasses like panicum and schizachyrium and meadow plants like rudbeckia and asters. }}