great millet
- noun
- South African
:
mijo
- 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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A small grain from a grass plant used as food for people and animals
A tall grass grown for grain used for food, animal feed and making beer
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
An African grass that people grow for seeds that make white flour and for animal feed
A cereal plant from Asia and Africa with small 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 that grows in dry places and is grown for grain and animal feed
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 grass that grows in dry areas and farmers grow for animal feed or grain
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 tall grain plant like corn grown for food and animal feed
A grain plant grown for its seeds used for food for people and animals
A grain plant like corn grown for people and animals that can grow in dry places
A plant grown in West Africa for grain used to make porridge and bread
A plant that grows in dry regions and has seeds used to make a somewhat bitter flour
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.