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  • noun Plural form of millet.

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Examples

  • North Chinese farmers relied not on rice, but on local cereals and seeded plants such as millets, sorghum, and the mulberry planted on river valley soils.

    4. Asian Farmers 2001

  • These tolerance and acceptance prevailed even in the face of Ottoman segregation of religious communities in ethnically-mixed "millets".

    Terrorists and Freedom Fighters Samuel Vaknin

  • Firstly, production based on water-prudent crops such as millets reduces water demand.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • As Jerry Gordon notes at the link, it is further evidence of deepening dhimmitude in the American heartland where Somali emigres are demanding virtual self governing 'millets' as their 'human rights,' which means, of course, that it's America's own fault if we simply roll over, cave-in, and allow this to happen as the liberal-progessive Left and the Somali Muslims want us to do.

    Hyscience 2010

  • As Jerry Gordon notes at the link, it is further evidence of deepening dhimmitude in the American heartland where Somali emigres are demanding virtual self governing 'millets' as their 'human rights,' which means, of course, that it's America's own fault if we simply roll over, cave-in, and allow this to happen as the liberal-progessive Left and the Somali Muslims want us to do.

    Hyscience 2010

  • Firstly, production based on water-prudent crops such as millets reduces water demand.

    P2P Foundation Michel Bauwens 2010

  • The women have stored over 50 different varieties of seeds from local cereals such as millets, wheat, red gram, linseed and sorghum.

    IPS Inter Press Service 2009

  • The women have stored over 50 different varieties of seeds from local cereals such as millets, wheat, red gram, linseed and sorghum.

    IPS Inter Press Service 2009

  • Only 1% of all plant species on earth utilize this photosynthetic pathway, but these include most tropical and sub-tropical grasses, including crops such as corn and the millets.

    Photosynthesis 2009

  • The district of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh used to grow diverse legumes, millets, and oilseeds.

    Vandana Shiva: From Seeds of Suicide to Seeds of Hope: Why Are Indian Farmers Committing Suicide and How Can We Stop This Tragedy? 2009

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