| 释义 |
tocusso|təʊˈkʊsəʊ|
Also tocussa.
[a. Amharic.]
A name used in Ethiopia for finger millet, Eleusine coracana, the ear of which is composed of several spikes resembling the fingers of a hand.
1790J. Bruce Trav. Source of Nile V. 79 In place of Teff..there grows a black grain called Tocusso. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. II. 1154/2 Tocusso. An Abyssinian corn-plant or millet. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 63/1 The low grounds produce also a kind of corn known as tocussa, of which a black bread is made. |