| 释义 |
‖ ˈcholum
[Tamil.]
A grass, the Indian millet or Guinea corn (Sorghum vulgare), largely grown for food in India and other parts of the East.
1858Drury Useful Pl. of Ind. 413. 1886 A. H. Church Food Grains Ind. 80 In Madras in 1875–76 more than 4½ million acres were under cholum. |