finger millet

English

Eleusine coracana

Noun

finger millet (usually uncountable, plural finger millets)

A plant, Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.

Synonyms

African millet, African finger millet, ragi, goosegrass, coracan, coracan millet, natchnee

Translations

a plant grown as a cereal

Amharic: ዳጉሳ (dagusa)
Dhivehi: ބިންބި‎ (binbi)
French: éleusine (fr) f
German: Fingerhirse f
Gujarati: નાગલી (nāglī)
Hindi: रागी (hi) (rāgī)
Japanese: シコクビエ (shikokubie)
Kannada: ರಾಗಿ (kn) (rāgi)
Kikuyu: mũgĩmbĩ class 3
Malayalam: മുത്താറി (muttāṟi)

Marathi: नाचणी (nācṇī)
Nepali: कोदो (ne) (kodo)
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: korakan
Sanskrit: रागीधान्यम् (rāgīdhānyam)
Spanish: ragi m, mijo africano m
Swahili: mwimbi, mbege
Tamil: கேழ்வரகு (ta) (kēḻvaraku)
Telugu: రాగులు (te) (rāgulu)

References

finger millet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eleusine coracana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Eleusine coracana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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