jowarjawarn.
/dʒaʊˈ(w)ɑː/, U.S. /dʒəˈwɑr/ East India.
= jowari n.
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1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 289/2 In the Khereef they have a good deal of rice, also Jooar (Holcus Sorghum).
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. p. xliii Samples of bajra and jowar.
1886 A. H. Church Food-grains of India 85 Joár is one of the most important rainy-season crops of India.
1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 640/2 I happened to be perched on a muchan in the middle of a jawar field.
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