Meanings
nounproso millet (usually uncountable, plural proso millets)
plural proso millets
- uncountableusuallyPanicum miliaceum, a grass species used as a crop.
Synonyms: broomcorn millet, common millet, hog millet, proso, white millet, panicled millet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPanicum miliaceum, a grass species used as a crop.
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Origin
- Proto-Slavic*proso
- Englishproso millet
From any Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *proso.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جَاوَرْس
- جَاوَرْس (jāwars)P. miliaceum
Chinese Mandarin 黍, 黍子
- 黍 (shǔ)P. miliaceum
- 黍子 (shǔzi)P. miliaceum
- 糜 (méi)P. miliaceum
- 黃米 /黄米 (huángmǐ)P. miliaceum
Czech proso seté
- proso setéP. miliaceum
Finnish viljahirssi
- viljahirssiP. miliaceum
French millet commun
- millet communP. miliaceum
German Rispenhirse, gewöhnliche Hirse
- RispenhirseP. miliaceum
- gewöhnliche HirseP. miliaceum
Italian miglio comune
- miglio comuneP. miliaceum
Japanese 黍
- 黍 (kibi)P. miliaceum
Korean 기장
- 기장 (gijang)P. miliaceum
Polish proso zwyczajne
- proso zwyczajneP. miliaceum
Russian про́со обыкнове́нное
- про́со обыкнове́нное (próso obyknovénnoje)P. miliaceum
Slovak proso siate
- proso siateP. miliaceum
Spanish mijo común
- mijo comúnP. miliaceum
Swedish vipphirs, hirs
- vipphirsP. miliaceum
- hirsP. miliaceum
Welsh grawn bach, mân-rawn
- grawn bachP. miliaceum
- mân-rawnP. miliaceum
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