tocusson.
/təʊˈkʊsəʊ/ A name used in Ethiopia for finger millet, Eleusine coracana, the ear of which is composed of several spikes resembling the fingers of a hand.
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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
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Turkey mill1597
panicum1739
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tocusso1790
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1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile V. 79 In place of Teff..there grows a black grain called Tocusso.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1154/2 Tocusso. An Abyssinian corn-plant or millet.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 63/1 The low grounds produce also a kind of corn known as tocussa, of which a black bread is made.
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