
| a tall grass, Pennisetum americanum (or P. glaucum), cultivated in Africa, the Orient, and the southern U.S. for its edible seeds and as a forage plant. |
| indian millet | |
noun | |
| 1. | sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn: durra] |
| 2. | valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico [syn: mountain rice] |