milo

[mahy-loh]

mi·lo

[mahy-loh]
noun, plural mi·los.
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
Also called milo maize.


Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; of uncertain origin

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Milo is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Mi·lo

[mahy-loh; for 1 also Gk. mee-law]
noun
1.
Also, Mi·los [Gk. mee-laws] . Melos.
2.
a male given name.
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milo (ˈmaɪləʊ)
 
n , pl -los
any of various early-growing cultivated varieties of sorghum with heads of yellow or pinkish seeds resembling millet
 
[C19: from Sotho maili]

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MILO
magnetically insulated line oscillator
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