Meanings
plural finger millets
- uncountableusuallyA plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.
Synonyms: African millet, African finger millet, ragi, goosegrass, coracan, coracan millet, nachani, natchnee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounEast Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan mill africà
- mill africàa plant grown as a cereal
Chinese Mandarin 穇子 /䅟子
- 穇子 /䅟子 (cǎnzi)a plant grown as a cereal
Danish fingerhirse
- fingerhirsea plant grown as a cereal
Dutch vingergierst
- vingergiersta plant grown as a cereal
Finnish afrikansormihirssi
- afrikansormihirssia plant grown as a cereal
French éleusine
- éleusinea plant grown as a cereal
German Fingerhirse
- Fingerhirsea plant grown as a cereal
Hindi रागी, मड़ुआ
- रागी (rāgī)a plant grown as a cereal
- मड़ुआ (maṛuā)a plant grown as a cereal
Japanese シコクビエ
- シコクビエ (shikokubie)a plant grown as a cereal
Korean 손가락조
- 손가락조 (son'garakjo)a plant grown as a cereal
Polish manneczka łękowata
- manneczka łękowataa plant grown as a cereal
Punjabi ਰਾਗੀ, ਮਦੁਆ
- ਰਾਗੀ (rāgī)a plant grown as a cereal
- ਮਦੁਆ (maduā)a plant grown as a cereal
Russian дагусса, коракан
- дагусса (dagussa)a plant grown as a cereal
- коракан (korakan)a plant grown as a cereal
Spanish ragi, mijo africano
- ragia plant grown as a cereal
- mijo africanoa plant grown as a cereal
Swahili mwimbi, mbege
- mwimbia plant grown as a cereal
- mbegea plant grown as a cereal
- ulezia plant grown as a cereal
Swedish korakan
- korakana plant grown as a cereal
Tamil கேழ்வரகு, குரக்கன்
- கேழ்வரகு (kēḻvaraku)a plant grown as a cereal
- குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ)a plant grown as a cereal
Cite this entry
finger millet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finger%20millet
“finger millet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finger%20millet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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