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Definition of Indian millet
1. Noun. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
2. Noun. Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Rice Grass, Ricegrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Millet
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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