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▪ I. ‖ shama1|ˈʃɑːmə|
[Hindī çāmā.]
A cereal cultivated in India, Panicum frumentaceum (colonum), yielding a millet-like grain used as food. Also shama millet.
[a1815Roxburgh Flora Ind. (1820) I. 307 Panicum frumentaceum. R... Beng. Shama. Teling. Bonta-shama; shamaloo, the grain.] 1874Treas. Bot. Suppl., Shama, a species of Mesembryanthemum, the seeds of which are used as food by the desert Arabs. 1886A. H. Church Food-Grains India 50 Shama Millet... This millet, sometimes called ‘Wild Rice’ or ‘Jungle Rice’, is a poor food.
▪ II. ‖ shama2|ˈʃɑːmə|
Also shamah.
[Hindī çāmā.]
An Indian song-bird, Cittocincla tricolor.
1839Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. X. 252 Petrocincla Pandoo..Indian Rock Thrush—Shamah, H. Ibid., The Shamah is a rare bird in the southern part of the Peninsula. 1894Times 5 Feb. 4/6 One or two mynahs and shamahs, and a piping crow. 1895Daily News 30 Dec. 5/3 Indian ‘shamas’ are also in great demand in Germany.
▪ III. shama
var. shamma. |