From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmilletmil‧let /ˈmɪlɪt/ noun [uncountable] DFthe small seeds of a plant similar to grass, used as food
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millet• They had a home in town and a mountain estate of orchards and millet fields in the village.• You can obtain starches from breads and crispbreads made with non-wheat flour, and other starchy foods such as millet and rice.• The road cut through a vast cropland, with waist-high corn and sorghum nearby and waves of golden millet in the distance.• Wild bird cover: Spring plants for nesting, beg maize, millet, sunflowers, kale.• We grew maize, millet and beans.• My millet all bundled and stacked.• The first was a thump thump thump, reminiscent of the women pounding millet back in Mbarara.• The far edge of the acacia grove was bordered by a shoulder-high wall topped by woven millet stalks.Origin millet (1400-1500) Old French milet, from Latin milium 