'Indian millet' definitions:

Definition of 'Indian millet'

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noun
Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn: durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn]
noun
Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico [syn: mountain rice, silkgrass, silk grass, Indian millet, Oryzopsis hymenoides]

Definition of 'Indian millet'

From: GCIDE

Definition of 'Indian millet'

From: GCIDE
  • Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.] [1913 Webster]

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