单词 | finger millet |
释义 | > as lemmasfinger millet finger millet n. a kind of millet, Eleusine coracana, originating in Ethiopia and now widely grown as a cereal crop in arid parts of Africa and Asia; also called ragi. ΚΠ 1909 C. Morrison New Geogr. Indian Empire & Ceylon (ed. 2) 78 Finger millet or Ragi cannot stand drought so well as the other millets. 1968 Florence (S. Carolina) Morning News 18 June 7/1 The finger millet waves tiny seed tufts like outstretched hands in the summer breezes. 2005 Plant Sci. 169 657/1 Among eight minor millets, finger millet..also known as African millet, has outstanding attributes as a subsistence food crop. < as lemmas |
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