coracan

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noun

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana).

Similar
finger milletragirageeAfrican milletcorakankurakkanEleusine coracana
OriginTamil குரக்கன் ← Sinhalese කුරක්කං →
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Meanings

noun
  1. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounEast Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient

Similar
finger milletragirageeAfrican milletcorakankurakkanEleusine coracana
Broader
millet
Also see
african milletfinger milletkurakkanmaruaragi

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Sinhaleseකුරක්කං
  2. Tamilகுரக்கன்
  3. Englishcoracan

From Sri Lankan Tamil குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ), which is cognate with, if not from, Sinhalese කුරක්කං (kurakkaṁ).

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APA

coracan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coracan

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“coracan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coracan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coracan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coracan.

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