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ragi

(rag′ē)

noun

a cereal grass (Eleusine corocana) of Africa and India whose grain is a staple food

Origin: Hindi rāgī < Sans rāgin, red, akin to rāga: see raga

See ragi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ra·gis

See finger millet.

Origin:

Origin: Hindi rāgī

Origin: , from Sanskrit

Origin: , perhaps of Dravidian origin

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