eleusinen.
/ɛljuːˈsiːn/ Botany.
A member of the genus of annual tropical grasses so named, some of which are grown for grain in Africa and Asia; also called ragi n., finger millet, or birdsfoot millet.
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Egyptian millet1829
eleusine1836
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1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 1089.
1914 H. Kraemer Appl. & Econ. Bot. v. 467 The fruit is a grain..the seed being always firmly united with the thin pericarp (except in Sporobolus, Eleusine, etc.).
1932 Antiquity 6 337 The usual method of planting [among the Nandi] is to have a little of everything in the same patch—eleusine, millet, maize, beans, and sweet potatoes.
1938 Nature 6 Aug. 259/1 The staple food [of the Ciga of Uganda] is eleusine, eked out by peas, beans, corn and wild greens.
1969 F. R. Allchin in Ucko & Dimbleby Domestication & Exploitation of Plants & Animals 327 The probability that certain of the millets, notably Eleusine and Pennisetum, were first domesticated in Africa.
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