foxtail millet

American  

noun

1. a grass, Setaria italica, of numerous varieties, introduced into the U.S. from Europe and Asia, and grown chiefly for use as hay.

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Etymology

Origin of foxtail millet

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The proteins annotated in B. distachyon assembly v3.1, rice v7.0, foxtail millet v2.2, and sorghum v3.1 were downloaded from Phytozome.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

Some of these are fescue, kleingrass, foxtail millet, hybrid sorghum/sudans and johnsongrass.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around 1200 B.C., toward the end of the Jomon period, a few grains of rice, barley, foxtail millet, and broomcorn millet, the staple cereals of East Asia, began to appear.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

One well documented example is that of two areas in China: the Yellow River Basin, where foxtail millet is documented, and the Yangtzi River Basin, where rice was domesticated.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai