Indian Millet is a name widely used in different parts of the world to describe a number of different plants. A possibly incomplete list is:
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Indian millet — millet mil let (m[i^]l l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. meli nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indian millet — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indian millet — noun 1. sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa • Syn: ↑durra, ↑doura, ↑dourah, ↑Egyptian corn, ↑Guinea corn • Hypernyms: ↑grain sorghum 2. valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America t … Useful english dictionary
Indian millet — Durra Dur ra, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indian millet — 1. durra. 2. See pearl millet. [1785 95, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
East Indian millet — millet mil let (m[i^]l l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. meli nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indian-millet — n. Doura, Guinea corn, negro corn (Sorghum vulgare) … New dictionary of synonyms
Indian millet — /ɪndiən ˈmɪlət/ (say indeeuhn miluht) noun → durra …
millet — mil let (m[i^]l l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. meli nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Millet grass — millet mil let (m[i^]l l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. meli nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
