| 释义 |
foxtail millet in American English US a cultivated annual grass (Setaria italica) with dense, lobed, bristly spikes containing small grains, grown in Eurasia for grain and forage and in America mainly for birdseed foxtail millet in American Englishnouna grass, Setaria italica, of numerous varieties, introduced into the U.S. from Europe and Asia, and grown chiefly for use as hay Word origin [1895–1900 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backstage, backwind, cutback, freewheel, neonExamples of 'foxtail millet' in a sentencefoxtail millet |