Millet: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Millet in English is the name of a plant defined with Eleusine coracana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cynosurus coracanus L. (among others).
2) Millet is also identified with Panicum miliaceum It has the synonym Milium paniceum Mill. (etc.).
3) Millet is also identified with Setaria italica It has the synonym Panicum glomeratum Moench, nom. illeg. superfl. (etc.).
4) Millet is also identified with Sorghum bicolor It has the synonym Panicum frumentaceum Salisb. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Lidia (1999)
· Systema Naturae, Editio Decima (1759)
· Bulletin, Division of Agrostology United States Department of Agriculture (1897)
· Landwirthschaftliche Flora (1866)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Linnaea (1838)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Millet, for example chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+25): Millet grass, Millet panic, Millet rice, Milleti, Millettia aboensis, Millettia auriculata, Millettia barteri, Millettia bonatiana, Millettia brandisiana, Millettia caudata, Millettia championii, Millettia congolensis, Millettia conraui, Millettia dielsiana, Millettia drastica, Millettia duchesnei, Millettia dura, Millettia elongatistyla, Millettia eurybotrya, Millettia extensa.
Ends with (+38): African finger millet, African millet, Australian millet, Awned barnyard millet, Barnyard millet, Boer millet, Broom millet, Broom-corn millet, Broomcorn millet, Brown corn millet, Bullrush millet, Bulrush millet, Cat tail millet, Cattail millet, Common millet, Cumboo millet, Ditch millet, Egyptian millet, Evergreen millet, Finger millet.
Full-text (+264): Trinadhanya, Kodrava, Shyamaka, Kirunavane, Hastishyamaka, Jogijede, Jelakemjola, Bilijola, Koradusha, Ramadhanya, Kadigejola, Karibaragu, Kangu, Baraga, Haraka, Priyangu, Koda millet, Proso millet, Broomcorn millet, Sahara millet.
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Search found 46 books and stories containing Millet; (plurals include: Millets). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Agriculture of the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Part 1 - Growth of nodal points in the Middle Gaṅgā Plains < [Conclusion]
Part 2 - Beginning of Farming Settlements (South Bihar) < [Chapter I - The Case Study of Rājagṛha]
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 6 - The Millet Trader < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Story 3 - The Story Of Senasura < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Story 21 - Nagul-munna < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)
Chapter 1 - Anu Nam Te Dhani < [Part 1 - Saurashtra ni Rashdhar]
Chapter 22 - Meghraja Nu Vrat < [Part 3 - Kankavati]
Chapter 6 - Natho Modhvadio (Around 1830) < [Part 2 - Sorathi Baharvatiya]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Seventeen kinds of grain < [Notes]
Part 15: Gośāla’s doctrine of Fate < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]
Part 8: The story of Acchandaka < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27a - The group of awned cereals (Shukadhanya—monocotyledons) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 21 - The Eight Censured Persons (Nindita Purusha) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 27 - The therapeutics of Spastic Paraplegia (urustambha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Folklore of the Santal Parganas
Chapter CXXIX - Ramai and Somai < [Part III]
Chapter XLVIII - The King of the Bhuyans < [Part I]
Chapter CXIII - The Jackal Punished < [Part II]