INDIAN MILLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian millet mean? 

• INDIAN MILLET (noun)
  The noun INDIAN MILLET has 2 senses:

1. sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa

2. valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico

  Familiarity information: INDIAN MILLET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN MILLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

doura; dourah; durra; Egyptian corn; Guinea corn; Indian millet

Hypernyms ("Indian millet" is a kind of...):

grain sorghum (any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian millet; mountain rice; Oryzopsis hymenoides; silk grass; silkgrass

Hypernyms ("Indian millet" is a kind of...):

rice grass; ricegrass (any grass of the genus Oryzopsis)