bulrush millet


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Noun1.bulrush millet - tall grass having cattail like spikesbulrush millet - tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum - a genus of Old World grasses
cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
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Bulrush millet (Pennisetum americanum) is a popular fodder on lighter soils especially under rain fed conditions.