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Definition of Pearl 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
Definition of Pearl millet
1. Noun. Pennisetum glaucum ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearl Millet
Literary usage of Pearl 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)
"Because this fact is not widely known, most people dismiss pearl millet as a crop
for ... However, it is far too early to dismiss pearl millet as a crop for ..."
2. Productive Farm Crops by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1916)
"... types of annual grass: (1) fox-tail millet; (2) broom-corn millet; (3) barnyard
millet; and (4) pearl millet. ..."
3. Agricultural Research and Productivity Growth in India by Robert E. Evenson, Carl E. Pray, Mark W. Rosegrant (1998)
"Sales of privately developed hybrids of pearl millet and sorghum grew rapidly
... By 1987, privately developed hybrid seed for pearl millet was planted on ..."
4. Keeping One Cow: Being the Experience of a Number of Practical Writers, in a (1880)
"Cattail Millet (" pearl millet") is a rapid grower, but cattle are not specially
fond of it; they like German Millet better. ..."
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