foxtail millet
English
foxtail millet seed heads
Noun
foxtail millet (countable and uncountable, plural foxtail millets)
- The second-most widely planted species of millet, Setaria italica, which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.
Synonyms
- (Setaria italica): Italian millet, Hungarian grass, dwarf setaria, foxtail bristle-grass, giant setaria, green foxtail, German millet, Hungarian millet.
Coordinate terms
- (species of millet): Guinea millet (Urochloa deflexa, syn. Brachiaria deflexa); browntop millet (Urolchloa ramosa, syn. Brachiaria ramosa); Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); Polish millet (Digitaria exilis), Japanese barnyard millet, Indian barnyard millet, Sawa millet, Burgu millet, barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.); finger millet (Eleusine coracana); proso millet, common millet, broom corn millet, hog millet, white millet (Panicum miliaceum); little millet (Panicum sumatrense); kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum); pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
Derived terms
Translations
Echinochloa esculenta
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Setaria italica
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See also
References
- foxtail millet at USDA Plants database
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