Definition of "eleusine" []

• A tropical grass similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving. (noun)

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• "Among the Nandi of British East Africa, when the eleusine grain is ripening in autumn, every woman who owns a corn-field goes out into it with her daughters, and they all pluck some of the ripe grain."
• "The Nandi of East Africa perform a ceremony in September when the eleusine grain is ripening."
• "After that they pluck some of the eleusine, and each of them puts one grain in her necklace, chews another and rubs it on her forehead, throat, and breast."