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millet

(mil′it)

noun

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

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

Millet, Jean François 1814-75; Fr. painter

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noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English milet

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , diminutive of mil, millet

Origin: , from Latin milium; see melə- in Indo-European roots

French painter whose works, such as The Gleaners (1857) and Winter with Ravens (1862), portray peasant life and bucolic landscapes. He was a central figure of the Barbizon school.

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