Definition of African millet

1. Noun. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.

Exact synonyms: Coracan, Corakan, Eleusine Coracana, Finger Millet, Kurakkan, Ragee, Ragi
Group relationships: Eleusine, Genus Eleusine
Generic synonyms: Millet

Lexicographical Neighbors of African Millet

African daisy
African elephant
African elephants
African endomyocardial fibrosis
African furuncular myiasis
African gray
African green monkey
African haemorrhagic fever
African hemp
African holly
African hunting dog
African lily
African mahogany
African marigold
African millet (current term)
African mole cricket
African mole crickets
African monitor
African nation
African oil palm
African penguin
African penguins
African sandalwood
African scented mahogany
African tea
African tick fever
African trypanosomiasis
African tulip
African violet

Literary usage of African millet

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

1. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1828)
"A specimen of the African millet, in the ear. No. 12.—A specimen of the Guinea Corn, in the ear. Note. ..."

2. Forage Crops for Soiling, Silage, Hay and Pasture by Edward Burnett Voorhees (1917)
"... (5) Yellow milo maize; (6) Large African millet, or White milo maize 108 22. Yellow milo maize (to the left), and Rural Branching doura (to the right) ..."

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