millet

• Sustantivo que designa un tipo de cereal de grano pequeño, planta anual de la familia de las gramíneas, o las semillas comestibles que se cultivan principalmente como alimento para personas y forraje para animales.

A noun referring to a type of small-seeded annual cereal grass, or the edible seeds themselves, commonly grown as a grain crop for food and forage.

1. Cereal grainB1formal

   A small-seeded annual grass cultivated as a cereal crop for human consumption and animal feed.

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   • Millet is a staple food in many parts of Africa and Asia.
   • Farmers grow millet because it is drought-resistant.
   • The porridge was made from ground millet.

2. Grass plantB2formal

   Any of various small-grained annual grasses from genera such as Panicum, Setaria, or Eleusine, grown for their seeds.

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   • The field was planted with foxtail millet.
   • Millet grasses are often used as forage for livestock.
   • Botanists classify several species under the name millet.