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millet definition

mil·let (mil′it)

noun

    1. a cereal grass (Panicum miliaceum) whose small grain is used for food in Europe and Asia
    2. the grain
  2. any of several other similar grasses or their seed, as foxtail millet and pearl millet

Etymology: ME milet < MFr, dim. of mil < L milium, millet < IE *melēi-, var. of base *mel-, to grind > mill, Gr melinē, millet

Millet definition

Mil·let (mi lā′; Fr mē ye′, -le′)

Millet, Jean François (z̸hän frän swȧ′) 1814-75; Fr. painter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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