jowarijawarin.
/dʒaʊˈ(w)ɑːri/, U.S. /dʒəˈwɑri/ East India.
Indian millet, Sorghum vulgare, extensively cultivated in India. Also attributive.
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1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 175 Jowarry, of which there is an abundance everywhere.
1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 359 Jowarry straw is the best kind of forage for horses and cattle.
1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. x. 194 The soil..produces juarree, bajeree, natchnee, and some inferior grains.
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 131 A vast plain, which..is clothed with a gigantic grain, the Jawári, or Holcus sorgum.
1858 R. Hunter in J. M. Mitchell Mem. R. Nesbit 405 The chief grain cultivated in the Deccan is jowaree or the great millet.
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