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Definition: Arabian millet
Johnson grass
\John"son grass`\ [Named after W. Johnson of
Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845.] (Bot.)
A tall perennial grass (
Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the
Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The
rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by
swine. Called also
Cuba grass,
Means grass,
Evergreen millet
, and
Arabian millet.
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millet
\mil"let\ (m[i^]l"l[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of mil, L.
milium; akin to Gr. meli`nh, AS. mil.] (Bot.)
The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an
abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of
Germany and Southern Europe are
Panicum miliaceum, and
Setaria Italica.
Note:
Arabian millet is
Sorghum Halepense.
Egyptian millet or
East Indian millet is
Penicillaria spicata.
Indian millet is
Sorghum vulgare. (See under
Indian.)
Italian millet is
Setaria Italica, a coarse, rank-growing
annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and
bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also
Hungarian grass.
Texas millet is
Panicum Texanum.
Wild millet, or
Millet grass, is
Milium effusum, a tall grass growing in
woods.
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