Definition of Indian millet

1. Noun. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.

Exact synonyms: Doura, Dourah, Durra, Egyptian Corn, Guinea Corn
Generic synonyms: Grain Sorghum

2. Noun. Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Millet

Indian flap
Indian ginger
Indian giver
Indian givers
Indian giving
Indian grackle
Indian gum
Indian hemp
Indian ink
Indian lettuce
Indian lotus
Indian madder
Indian mallow
Indian meal
Indian method
Indian millet (current term)
Indian monetary unit
Indian mongoose
Indian mulberry
Indian mustard
Indian operation
Indian paint
Indian paintbrush
Indian pangolin
Indian pangolins
Indian pea
Indian pink
Indian pipe
Indian plantain
Indian podophyllum resin

Literary usage of Indian millet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"The synonyms of the hist two authors are of great importance, to show that there was in Italy, besides the Indian millet, (Durra corn, sorghum vulgäre,) ..."

2. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"It is grown as a dry crop, but not to any large extent. It forms a light and easily digested article of food. CHENA or Indian millet ..."

3. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"The S. Vulgar*, or Indian millet, — ami Iht S. cernuum, called Guinea Corn,— or« sometime» seen in tlu gardens of the curious ; but can scarcely be ..."

4. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency by Bombay (India : State) (1879)
"Indian millet rupee prices rose from twenty-two to fifteen pounds. ... Indian millet rupee prices fell from fifteen to twenty-six pounds. ..."

5. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"... and sometimes in this country ; and the great or Indian millet ... The great or Indian millet ..."

6. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"... or panic grass, cultivated in Germany, and sometimes in England; and the great or Indian millet (Holcus), cultivated in India, Italy, and America. ..."

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