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foxtail millet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
fox-tail mil-let
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of the second-most widely planted species of millet (Setaria italica), which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

foxtail millets (plural)

Phrases

green foxtail millet wild foxtail millet Eragrostis tef white fonio black fonio

Frequently Paired Words

Eragrostis tef white fonio black fonio Adlay millet barnyard millet broom corn millet browntop millet Burgu millet

Synonyms

Italian millet Hungarian grass dwarf setaria foxtail bristle-grass giant setaria green foxtail German millet Hungarian millet

Questions

What does foxtail millet mean?
A plant of the second-most widely planted species of millet (Setaria italica), which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.

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