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.
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.