Indian millet

American  

noun

1. durra.

2. pearl millet.

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Indian millet British  

noun

1. another name for durra

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Etymology

Origin of Indian millet

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Example Sentences

Africa.—Kafir bread, the pith of a South African plant; Kafir corn, Indian millet.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Durra, or Dhurra, Indian millet, the seed of Sorghum vulgāre, after wheat the chief cereal crop of the Mediterranean region, and largely used in those countries by the labouring classes for food.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

To separate the cocoons from one another, I employ artificial partitions consisting of little round disks of sorghum, or Indian millet, about half a centimetre thick.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Durra, dur′ra, n. a genus of grasses closely allied to sugar-cane and beard-grass—also called Durra millet and Indian millet or Sorgho grass.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Their food is of the simplest, chiefly the flour of wheat, barley, or Indian millet prepared in various ways, for the most part made up into flat, heavy cakes of bread, or as kesk'soo.

From Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond by Meakin, Budgett