pānĭcŭla — Lewis & Short
pānĭcŭla (also pānŭcŭla, Paul. ex pānŭcla, ae, f.; also pānĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.panus,
Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. Non. 149, 22),I a tuft, a panicle on plants.
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.—
II Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.