Definition of "millet" []

• An annual grass (Panicum milaiceum) cultivated in Eurasia for its grains and in North America for hay. (noun)
• The white grains of this plant. (noun)
• Any of several similar or related grasses. (noun)

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• "They cultivate a great deal of Indian corn here, which they call millet; it is planted, but not yet up."
• "Nachani or Finger millet is the red colored grain that is so full of health."
• "Japanese millet, a domesticated variant of wild millet, is popular with ducks but overlooked by hunters."