millet grassn.
/ˈmɪlɪtɡrɑːs/, /ˈmɪlɪtɡras/, U.S. /ˈmɪlᵻtˌɡræs/ Any plant of the genus Milium, which comprises annual and perennial grasses of Eurasia and North America; esp. wood millet, M. effusum.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 6 Gramen Miliaceum. Millet grasse.
1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 199 Millet-grasse.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Gramen miliaceum vulgare The common Millet Grass riseth up with a jointed slender stalk.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 122 Milium..effusum,..Soft Millet. Millet Grass. Wet woods, common.
1857 F. Gerhard Illinois as it Is 340 Mr. Weinberger, a farmer in Marshall County, directs our attention to a variety which is known by the name of Millet grass. This variety would deserve greater attention if it were perennial, but it is only a one year's plant, and therefore must be sown every year.
1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 461/2 The Millet Grass (Milium effusum) of Britain.
1930 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 60 306 Guinea corn, beans, rice, and tamba (a millet grass) are the staple crops on the mainland.
1997 Daily Press (Virginia) (Nexis) 11 Aug. b1 Dwarf sunflowers are grown next to millet grass. When the flowers and grass mature, they will be mowed down for birds to feed on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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