Akademik

sanwa millet

noun

coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States

• Syn: ↑Japanese millet, ↑billion-dollar grass, ↑Japanese barnyard millet, ↑Echinochloa frumentacea

• Hypernyms: ↑millet

• Member Holonyms: ↑Echinochloa, ↑genus Echinochloa

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\\ˈsäŋwə-\ noun

Etymology: Hindi sā̃wā, from Sanskrit śyāmāka millet

: japanese millet

Useful english dictionary. 2012.