milo
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈmaɪloʊ/
- Specialized
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milo
- Farmers often prefer milo because it requires less water and grows well in dry conditions.
- milo field
- milo sorghum
- acres of milo
Yeah, I used to work on corn, soaring cotton, Milo.
- Yeah, I used to work on corn, soaring cotton, Milo.
- You know, you laying soy, you laying cotton, you lay a Milo, you got that corn, you got them beets.
Examples
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About then, the wind picks up, and lightning bolts begin to probe the soggy milo field to the west.
Fiction book (1998) -
Center-pivot sprinkler irrigation systems enable local farmers to produce good crops of feed grains, corn, and milo sorghum, which account for about two-thirds of the cost of producing pork.
Academic text (1997) -
He asked about the milo crop; he said Matt was turning into a good little hunter.
Fiction book (1993) -
The most common "filler" seeds are red millet and milo.
Blog text (23) -
Fields of corn, oats, maize, and milo were thick and green, growing almost to the highway's edge.
Fiction book (1998) -
Growing up, he learned how to raise cattle, corn, wheat, milo, and soybeans, and he was very active in 4-H and Future Farmers of America.
Blog text (14) -
He also grew oats, sorghum, milo, and peanuts.
Academic text (1990) -
The radials parted a sea of winter milo, beady-headed, a cherry crimson against the pale sky.
Fiction book (1999) -
Ian Frazier's Great Plains begins by evoking "the still-empty land" and "the fields of wheat, milo, and Sudan grass."
Academic text (1999) -
But on the sandbed roads that scored the fields of milo, wheat, and sorghum between the little towns stationed along U.S. 81 from Pawnee Wells to the Oklahoma line, he turned into an outlaw.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
A grass grown for the grains you can eat, like wheat or rice
5
7.1
A tall grass grown in warm regions for grain, animal feed, and syrup
1
6.1
A tall plant grown for small edible seeds used for food or animal feed
A drought-resistant grain plant like corn with large yellow or white seeds for food and feed
Compounds
- Specialized
A drought-resistant grain plant like corn with large yellow or white seeds for food and feed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Milo probably comes from older words for millet, which mean a 'small grain'. That's why milo now names a tough sorghum grain that grows well in dry weather and is used for food and animal feed.