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

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foxtail millet

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