Proso Millet Definition

prōsō
noun
An annual grass (Panicum miliaceum) having a large drooping panicle and adapted to dry soils, widely cultivated in prehistoric Eurasia for its grain and now grown in North America chiefly for birdseed and livestock feed.
American Heritage

Panicum miliaceum.

Wiktionary

Origin of Proso Millet

  • From a Slavic language, cf. Russian про́со (próso), Polish proso (“millet"), etc.

    From Wiktionary

  • Russian or Polish proso millet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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TETLET

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