millet

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mil·let /ˈmɪlɪt/ noun [uncountable]  DFthe small seeds of a plant similar to grass, used as food 粟，小米

Examples from the Corpus

millet• They had a home in town and a mountain estate of orchards and millet fields in the village.• You can obtain starches from breads and crispbreads made with non-wheat flour, and other starchy foods such as millet and rice.• The road cut through a vast cropland, with waist-high corn and sorghum nearby and waves of golden millet in the distance.• Wild bird cover: Spring plants for nesting, beg maize, millet, sunflowers, kale.• We grew maize, millet and beans.• My millet all bundled and stacked.• The first was a thump thump thump, reminiscent of the women pounding millet back in Mbarara.• The far edge of the acacia grove was bordered by a shoulder-high wall topped by woven millet stalks.Origin millet (1400-1500) Old French milet, from Latin milium

mil·let nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus similar a seeds to the small of plant

millet
mil‧let /ˈmɪlət, ˈmɪlɪt/ noun [uncountable]the small seeds of a plant similar to grass, used as food

mil·letBrE /ˈmɪlɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪlɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]

a type of plant that grows in hot countries and produces very small seeds. The seeds are used as food, mainly to make flour, and also to feed to birds and animals. 黍类；谷子；粟