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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 to northern Mexico

• Syn: ↑mountain rice, ↑silkgrass, ↑silk grass, ↑Oryzopsis hymenoides

• Hypernyms: ↑ricegrass, ↑rice grass

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized I

Etymology: indian (II) 1

1. : durra

2. : pearl millet 1

3. [indian (II) 2] : silkgrass 2

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1. durra.

2. See pearl millet.

[1785-95, Amer.]

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Indian millet noun

Durra

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Main Entry: ↑Indian

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Indian millet,

1. = durra. (Cf. ↑durra)

2. = pearl millet. (Cf. ↑pearl millet)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.