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.


Definition of Pearl millet

1. Noun. Pennisetum glaucum ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearl Millet

pearl-ash
pearl-bordered fritillaries
pearl-bordered fritillary
pearl-fish
pearl-necklace
pearl-weed
pearl-worker's disease
pearl ash
pearl barley
pearl cyst
pearl diver
pearl divers
pearl fishery
pearl grey
pearl hominy
pearl millet (current term)
pearl moss
pearl necklace gallbladder
pearl necklaces
pearl of wisdom
pearl oyster
pearl oysters
pearl sago
pearl shell
pearl tapioca
pearl tumour
pearlaceous
pearlash
pearlashes

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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