hirssi

Finnish

p
Definitions
  • millet any of a group of various grasses whose grains are used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world
  • millet the grains of these grasses
  • panicgrass grass of the genus Panicum, some of which are used as millet
  • proso millet, common millet, Panicum miliaceum the most widely cultivated variant of millet

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish hirs.

Origin

Swedish

hirs

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