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millet

mil·let

UK/ˈmɪlɛt/ US/ˈmɪlət/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine

2.

French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)

Synonyms
3.

small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica

Origin

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).

Phrases

  • adlay millet
  • African millet
  • Australian millet
  • barnyard millet
  • black millet
  • broomcorn millet
  • broomtail millet
  • browntop millet

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