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millet

1

[ mil-it ]

noun

  1. a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
  2. any of various related or similar grasses cultivated as grain plants or forage plants.
  3. the grain of any of these grasses.


Millet

2

[ mi-ley; French mee-le ]

noun

  1. Francis Davis, 1846–1912, U.S. painter, illustrator, and journalist.
  2. Jean Fran·çois [zhah, n, f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1814–75, French painter.

Millet

1

/ milɛ /

noun

  1. MilletJean François18141875MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1814–75, French painter of the Barbizon school, noted for his studies of peasants at work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


millet

2

/ ˈmɪlɪt /

noun

  1. a cereal grass, Setaria italica, cultivated for grain and animal fodder
    1. an East Indian annual grass, Panicum miliaceum, cultivated for grain and forage, having pale round shiny seeds
    2. the seed of this plant
  2. any of various similar or related grasses, such as pearl millet and Indian millet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of millet1

1375–1425; late Middle English milet < Middle French, equivalent to mil (< Latin milium millet) + -et -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of millet1

C14: via Old French from Latin milium; related to Greek melinē millet
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Example Sentences

Pilot projects in the collaborative are identifying the safest public spaces for women in Mexico City and mapping communities producing the most millet in Niger.

Millet writes about children and teenagers with not just empathy but deep admiration, and her voice is so confident and wry that the devastating moments hit you almost without warning.

So Millet and his colleagues recently published the sixth in a series of studies from that 2019 UTMB.

Millet’s new data can’t answer these questions, but it adds to the evidence that patterns of fatigue tend to be different in men and women.

In time, Vavilov found evidence for his law in wheat, rye, millet, oats, cotton, grasses, potatoes, and other domesticated plants.

Look for:Purchase breads containing seeds and a mixture of healthy grains (like millet and amaranth) other than just brown rice.

Magnificence By Lydia Millet A woman moves into an old house full of taxidermy in the aftermath of trauma.

With Lydia Millet at the helm, though, the motivations matter less than the journey.

Millet reveals what Hal, T., and the rest of us all know deep down, that we're each of us responsible for the choices we make.

And through him, Millet has a perfect vehicle for her dark, understated wit and tendency to upend narrative expectations.

A basket full of millet must go with the millet cakes: this is the food wherein the country goddess finds pleasure most of all.

Look at Millet's "Shepherdess Spinning," at the head of this chapter, as an example of contre jour.

But the lone pine and the blue mountains gave a bright, sharp quality to the landscape which was quite unlike Millet.

The woolly stems of the millet, likewise, defied their insatiable appetites.

Millet and rice are the staple crops; the former furnishing food both for man and beast, for its long stalks are excellent fodder.

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