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African millet

American  

noun

  1. a grass, Eleusine coracana, of Asia and Africa, having round fruit with a loose husk, grown as a cereal and as an ornamental.

  2. pearl millet.

Etymology

Origin of African millet

First recorded in 1835–45

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