foxtail millet
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Noun
[edit]foxtail millet (countable and uncountable, plural foxtail millets)
- The second-most widely planted species of millet, Setaria italica, which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Setaria italica): Italian millet, Hungarian grass, dwarf setaria, foxtail bristle-grass, giant setaria, green foxtail, German millet, Hungarian millet.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (species called millet): Guinea millet (Urochloa deflexa, syn. Brachiaria deflexa); browntop millet (Urolchloa ramosa, syn. Brachiaria ramosa); Adlay millet (Coix lacryma-jobi); Polish millet (Digitaria exilis), Japanese barnyard millet, Indian barnyard millet, Sawa millet, Burgu millet, barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.); finger millet (Eleusine coracana); proso millet, common millet, broom corn millet, hog millet, white millet (Panicum miliaceum); little millet (Panicum sumatrense); kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum); pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Echinochloa esculenta
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Setaria italica
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]foxtail millet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Setaria italica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Setaria italica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- foxtail millet at USDA Plants database