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单词 pearl millet
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Definition of pearl millet in English:

pearl millet

noun
  • A tall tropical cereal with long cylindrical ears, cultivated as a food crop in the driest areas of Africa and South Asia.

    Pennisetum glaucum or 'typhoides', family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The chapter on pearl millet provides a useful introduction to this crop.
    • Considerable efforts have been made to introduce the trait into crops such as maize and pearl millet by traditional breeding involving interspecific hybridization.
    • Glabrous mutant varieties have been identified in many cereal crop species, including rice, wheat, barley, oats, pearl millet, sugarcane, and sorghum.
    • Though pearl millet, a grain crop native to western Africa, is grown in the United States for forage, there is no established grain market for it.
    • Maize and pearl millet are compared, of which the latter is more drought tolerant.
 
 

Definition of pearl millet in US English:

pearl millet

noun
  • A tall tropical grain with long cylindrical ears, comprising an important food crop in the driest areas of Africa and South Asia.

    Pennisetum glaucum or 'typhoides', family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Though pearl millet, a grain crop native to western Africa, is grown in the United States for forage, there is no established grain market for it.
    • Glabrous mutant varieties have been identified in many cereal crop species, including rice, wheat, barley, oats, pearl millet, sugarcane, and sorghum.
    • Maize and pearl millet are compared, of which the latter is more drought tolerant.
    • Considerable efforts have been made to introduce the trait into crops such as maize and pearl millet by traditional breeding involving interspecific hybridization.
    • The chapter on pearl millet provides a useful introduction to this crop.
 
 
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