foxtail millet

foxtail millet

English

foxtail millet seed heads

Noun

foxtail millet (countable and uncountable, plural foxtail millets)

1. The second-most widely planted species of millet, Setaria italica, which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.

Synonyms

• (Setaria italica): Italian millet, Hungarian grass, dwarf setaria, foxtail bristle-grass, giant setaria, green foxtail, German millet, Hungarian millet.

Coordinate terms

• (species of millet): Guinea millet (Urochloa deflexa, syn. Brachiaria deflexa); browntop millet (Urolchloa ramosa, syn. Brachiaria ramosa); Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); Polish millet (Digitaria exilis), Japanese barnyard millet, Indian barnyard millet, Sawa millet, Burgu millet, barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.); finger millet (Eleusine coracana); proso millet, common millet, broom corn millet, hog millet, white millet (Panicum miliaceum); little millet (Panicum sumatrense); kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum); pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

Derived terms

• green foxtail millet (Setaria viridis)
• wild foxtail millet (Setaria viridis)

Translations

Echinochloa esculenta

Finnish: japaninkananhirssi

Yami: kadai

Setaria italica

Central Bontoc: sammang Finnish: italianpantaheinä, tähkähirssi Gujarati: કંગ (kaṅg) Ilocano: bikakaw, bukakaw Ivatan: rautnokara Japanese: 粟 (ja) (アワ, awa)

Kapampangan: borona, balantakan Maranao: tikap Sanskrit: लता (sa) f (latā), भावज्ञा (sa) f (bhāvajñā), प्रियङ्गुका (sa) f (priyaṅgukā), शूद्रार्ता (sa) f (śūdrārtā), सर्वतःशुभा (sa) f (sarvataḥśubhā), पीततण्डुल (sa) m (pītataṇḍula), अत्यन्तसुकुमार (sa) m (atyantasukumāra), धनिक (sa) m (dhanika), रक्तकङ्गु (sa) m (raktakaṅgu), प्रियङ्गु (sa) m (priyaṅgu) Tagalog: kulasan, tigbi Tausug: turay

See also

• Eragrostis tef
• white fonio
• black fonio

References

• foxtail millet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Setaria italica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Setaria italica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• foxtail millet at USDA Plants database