millet
millet definition
mil·let (mil′it)
noun
- a cereal grass (Panicum miliaceum) whose small grain is used for food in Europe and Asia
- the grain
- 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
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