African millet
Americannoun
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a grass, Eleusine coracana, of Asia and Africa, having round fruit with a loose husk, grown as a cereal and as an ornamental.
Etymology
Origin of African millet
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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New Guineans tamed sugar cane and bananas, while the first West African farmers made African millet, African rice, sorghum and wheat conform to their needs.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Cuscus, kus′kus, n. the grain of the African millet.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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