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eleusine

eleusine noun: a tropical grass (Eleusine coracana, finger millet) similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving.

Noun

eleusine (plural eleusines)

  1. A tropical grass (Eleusine coracana, finger millet) similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving.

Forms of eleusine

pluraleleusines

Questions about eleusine

What does eleusine mean?
Eleusine means a tropical grass (Eleusine coracana, finger millet) similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving.
What part of speech is eleusine?
Eleusine is a noun.
What is the plural of eleusine?
The plural of eleusine is eleusines.

Words near eleusine in the dictionary

  1. Elet
  2. eletriptan
  3. eletrophoresis
  4. eletrophoretic
  5. Elets
  6. eleusine
  7. eleusines
  8. Eleusinia
  9. Eleusinian
  10. Eleusinian Mysteries
  11. Eleusinion

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