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| mil·let [ míllit ] |
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1. grain: the pale shiny grain of a cereal plant. Use: flour, alcoholic drinks, birdseed, fodder.
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2. cereal plant: a fast-growing cereal plant. Use: grain, fodder. Native to: warm regions. Latin name Panicum miliaceum.
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3. grass plant: a grass that is similar or related to millet, e.g. pearl millet. Use: grain.
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| [15th century. < Old French< Latin milium] |
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