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Definition of Bulrush millet
1. Noun. Tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer.
Group relationships: Genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum
Generic synonyms: Cereal, Cereal Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulrush Millet
Literary usage of Bulrush millet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"The crop is also known as "bulrush millet" and in India it is normally called "bajra. ..."
2. Food-grains of India by Arthur Herbert Church (1886)
"66, Bulrush-millet, p. 59.) The following table shows the number of acres, in
1882-83, under the two chief larger cereals, namely wheat and rice, ..."
3. Adoption of Hybrid Maize in Zambia: Effects on Gender Roles, Food by Shubh K. Kumar (1994)
"Zone 2 consists of the western semi-arid plains and has a low rainfall (less than
800 millimeters); main crops are cassava, bulrush millet, and sorghum, ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1886)
"... spicata and Holcus sorghum—in other words, of the bulrush millet and great
millet. This is made up into a mess with some green vegetable, ..."
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