noun
tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
• Syn: ↑pearl millet, ↑cattail millet, ↑Pennisetum glaucum, ↑Pennisetum Americanum
• Hypernyms: ↑cereal, ↑cereal grass
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pennisetum, ↑genus Pennisetum
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noun : pearl millet; especially : a type widely grown in Africa and the Orient and commonly referred to a distinct species (Pennisetum typhoideum)
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bulrush millet noun
Pearl millet
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Main Entry: ↑bulrush
Useful english dictionary. 2012.