millet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small round grain produced by several cereal grasses and eaten as food

   The cook served millet with roasted vegetables instead of rice.

2. 2
   noun

   any of several cereal grasses cultivated for their small edible seeds or as animal feed

   The farmer planted millet because the crop tolerates dry conditions.

Common collocations

• pearl millet Noun + noun

From late Middle English millet, borrowed from Middle French millet, a diminutive related to Latin milium ("millet"). The name passed from the plant to its small edible grain.

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