Indian millet

noun

1. durra.
2. pearl millet.

Indian millet

noun

1. another name for durra

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indian millet¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Example Sentences

Sorghum, sor′gum, n. a genus of grasses, also called Durra millet and Indian millet, or Sorgho grass.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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