shaman.1
/ˈʃɑːmə/ A cereal cultivated in India, Panicum frumentaceum (colonum), yielding a millet-like grain used as food. Also shama millet.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > other types of millet
panic?1440
panicle1577
Turkey mill1597
panicum1739
ragi1788
tocusso1790
Egyptian millet1829
eleusine1836
shamalo1846
marua1847
moha1855
shama1874
jungle-rice1886
fonio1903
1820 W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica I. 307 Panicum frumentaceum. R... Beng. Shama. Teling. Bonta-shama; shamaloo, the grain.]
1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. Shama, a species of Mesembryanthemum, the seeds of which are used as food by the desert Arabs.
1886 A. H. Church Food-grains of India 50 Shama Millet... This millet, sometimes called ‘Wild Rice’ or ‘Jungle Rice’, is a poor food.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
shaman.2
/ˈʃɑːmə/ An Indian songbird, Cittocincla tricolor.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Copsichus (shama)
dayal bird1738
dayal1751
magpie robin1839
shama1839
1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 252 Petrocincla Pandoo..Indian Rock Thrush—Shamah, H.
1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 252 The Shamah is a rare bird in the southern part of the Peninsula.
1894 Times 5 Feb. 4/6 One or two mynahs and shamahs, and a piping crow.
1895 Daily News 30 Dec. 5/3 Indian ‘shamas’ are also in great demand in Germany.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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