Defenition of the word millet
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Defenition of the word millet
- A group of small-seeded species of cereal crops, widely grown around the world for food and fodder.
- small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
- any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
- extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage
- French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)
Synonyms for the word millet
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- broomcorn millet
- hog millet
- Panicum miliaceum
Hyponyms for the word millet
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- African millet
- barn grass
- barn millet
- barnyard grass
- billion-dollar grass
- coracan
- corakan
- Echinochloa crusgalli
- Echinochloa frumentacea
- Eleusine coracana
- Eleusine indica
- finger millet
- goose grass
- Japanese barnyard millet
- Japanese millet
- kurakkan
- panic grass
- ragee
- ragi
- sanwa millet
- sorghum
- wire grass
- yard grass
- yardgrass
Hypernyms for the word millet
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- cereal
- cereal grass
- family Graminaceae
- family Gramineae
- family Poaceae
- food grain
- grain
- Graminaceae
- Gramineae
- grass family
- painter
- panic grass
- Poaceae
- surname
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