| NOUN | plant | Pennisetum Americanum, pearl millet, bulrush millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum | tall grass having cattail like spikes |
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| Meaning | tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer. | |
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| Synonyms | pearl millet, bulrush millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum | |
| Member of | Pennisetum, genus Pennisetum | A genus of Old World grasses |
| Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
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