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INDIAN MILLET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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