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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An annual grass (Panicum miliaceum) having a large drooping panicle and adapted to dry soils, widely cultivated in prehistoric Eurasia for its grain and now grown in North America chiefly for birdseed and livestock feed.

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  • noun Panicum miliaceum

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Russian or Polish proso, millet.]

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