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coracan

coracan noun: finger millet (Eleusine coracana).

Noun

coracan

  1. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana).

Origin of coracan

From Sri Lankan Tamil குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ), which is cognate with, if not from, Sinhalese කුරක්කං (kurakkaṁ).

Words formed from coracan

Questions about coracan

What does coracan mean?
Coracan means finger millet (Eleusine coracana).
What part of speech is coracan?
Coracan is a noun.

Words near coracan in the dictionary

  1. cor triatriatum
  2. cor-
  3. cor.
  4. Cora
  5. Cora Lynn
  6. coracan
  7. coracan millet
  8. coracidium
  9. coraciform
  10. coraciid
  11. coraciids

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