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INDIAN MILLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian millet mean?
• INDIAN MILLET (noun)
The noun INDIAN MILLET has 2 senses:
1. sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
2. valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
Familiarity information: INDIAN MILLET used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
doura; dourah; durra; Egyptian corn; Guinea corn; Indian millet
Hypernyms ("Indian millet" is a kind of...):
grain sorghum (any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Indian millet; mountain rice; Oryzopsis hymenoides; silk grass; silkgrass
Hypernyms ("Indian millet" is a kind of...):
rice grass; ricegrass (any grass of the genus Oryzopsis)
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