Japanese millet

noun

Japanese barnyard millet, white millet (Echinochloa esculenta)

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Meanings

nounJapanese millet (countable and uncountable, plural Japanese millets)

plural Japanese millets

  1. countableuncountableJapanese barnyard millet, white millet (Echinochloa esculenta)

    Synonyms: sanwa, sawa

  2. countableuncountableIndian barnyard millet, Siberian millet, white panicum (Echinochloa frumentacea)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounJapanese barnyard millet, white millet (Echinochloa esculenta)

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More synonyms by meaning

nouncoarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States

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billion-dollar grassJapanese barnyard milletsanwa milletEchinochloa frumentacea
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