great millet
- noun
- South African
- Farmers in parts of Africa grow great millet as a staple food crop.
Examples
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Both livestock and people rely on great millet for nutrition in many rural communities.
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The great millet fields are ready for harvest.
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The leaves of great millet are long and have sawtooth edges, similar to Indian corn.
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Farmers in Africa grow great millet for food.
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Farmers in parts of Africa cultivate great millet because it provides essential food for both humans and livestock.
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In many rural regions, great millet serves as a vital source of nutrition for the local communities.
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The grain from great millet is often used in traditional dishes across various African cultures.
Synonyms
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4.3
A small grain from a grass plant used as food for people and animals
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8.8
A grain plant grown for its seeds used for food for people and animals
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5.8
A grain plant like corn grown for people and animals that can grow in dry places
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5.9
A tall grass grown for grain used for food, animal feed and making beer
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7.0
A grass that grows in dry areas and farmers grow for animal feed or grain
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7.0
A cereal plant from Asia and Africa with small seeds used to make flour
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9.7
A tall grain plant like corn grown for food and animal feed
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8.7
A plant that grows in dry regions and has seeds used to make a somewhat bitter flour
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9.9
An African grass that people grow for seeds that make white flour and for animal feed
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7.7
A rough grass that grows in dry places and is grown for grain and animal feed
An African grass that farmers grow for very small edible seeds used for flour and animal feed
A grass from Ethiopia grown for very small edible seeds used to make flour
A grain plant with yellow seeds in large hanging spikes
A tall grass with thick round seed heads that farmers grow for grain and animal food
A tall grass grown in dry areas for its edible grain, animal feed, and brewing
A rough grass grown each year for grain or animal feed that grows well in dry soil
A grass that grows once a year for its grain and is used as animal feed
A coarse grass grown each year for grain and to feed animals
A rough grass people grow each year for its seeds and animal feed
A type of grain plant grown for food and animal feed
A plant grown in West Africa for grain used to make porridge and bread
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'great' (large/tall) modifying 'millet' (a small-seeded cereal), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a larger or tall variety of millet. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and the compositional meaning follows normal cross-linguistic patterns, making the MWE predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Great millet may come from farmers calling a larger kind of millet 'great' because the plant is taller and gives a lot of grain, so the name means a 'big' or 'tall' millet used for food.