Indian millet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
    Guinea corn; Egyptian corn; durra; doura; dourah.
  2. noun valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
    Oryzopsis hymenoides; silk grass; silkgrass; mountain rice.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a tall annual grass (Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.

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