Definition of Sanwa millet

1. Noun. Coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanwa Millet

santonin
santoninate
santoninates
santoninic
santoninic acid
santonins
santons
santoor
santoors
santour
santours
sants
santur
santurs
santyl
sanwa millet (current term)
sanyaku
sanyasi
sao
saola
saolas
saouari
saouaris
sap
sap-wood
sap ball
sap fagot
sap green
sap roller
sap rot

Literary usage of Sanwa millet

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

1. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"... variety of Japanese barnyard millet and the Ankee grass of tile southwestern United States are the most important. Shama or sanwa millet, or jungle rice ..."

2. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"... known as sanwa millet in India and in America has been called billion-dollar grass. It is cultivated in Japan, India and other oriental countries for ..."

3. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"This is also known as sanwa millet and Billion-dollar grass. In America it is grown purely as a forage crop, but in Japan and India the grain is used as a ..."

4. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"For hay one-fourth to one-half bushel of seed may be sown; for seed, somewhat less. Shama millet (Panicum colonum L.) and sanwa millet (P. ..."

5. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"For hay one-fourth to one-half bushel of seed may be sown; for seed, somewhat less. Shama millet (Panicum colonum L.) and sanwa millet (P. ..."

6. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1901)
"In warmer parts of Asia several other species of Panicum are used, especially Panicum indicum L. The sanwa millet ( P. ..."

7. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"... variety of Japanese barnyard millet and the Ankee grass of tile southwestern United States are the most important. Shama or sanwa millet, or jungle rice ..."

8. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"... known as sanwa millet in India and in America has been called billion-dollar grass. It is cultivated in Japan, India and other oriental countries for ..."

9. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"This is also known as sanwa millet and Billion-dollar grass. In America it is grown purely as a forage crop, but in Japan and India the grain is used as a ..."

10. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"For hay one-fourth to one-half bushel of seed may be sown; for seed, somewhat less. Shama millet (Panicum colonum L.) and sanwa millet (P. ..."

11. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"For hay one-fourth to one-half bushel of seed may be sown; for seed, somewhat less. Shama millet (Panicum colonum L.) and sanwa millet (P. ..."

12. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1901)
"In warmer parts of Asia several other species of Panicum are used, especially Panicum indicum L. The sanwa millet ( P. ..."

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