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finger millet

finger millet noun: a plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.

finger millet: a plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia
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Noun

finger millet (usually uncountable, plural finger millets)

  1. (usually) A plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.
    Synonyms:
    African millet, African finger millet, ragi, goosegrass, coracan, coracan millet, nachani, natchnee

finger millet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

finger millet in Hindi

a plant grown as a cereal
रागी rāgī, मड़ुआ maṛuā

finger millet in Tamil

a plant grown as a cereal
கேழ்வரகு kēḻvaraku, குரக்கன் kurakkaṉ

finger millet in Marathi

a plant grown as a cereal
नाचणी nācṇī

finger millet in Telugu

a plant grown as a cereal
రాగులు rāgulu
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finger millet in Malayalam
മുത്താറി muttāṟi, കൂവരക് kūvarakŭ, റാഗി ṟāgi, പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല് paññappullŭ
finger millet in Kannada
ರಾಗಿ rāgi
finger millet in Punjabi
ਰਾਗੀ rāgī, ਮਦੁਆ maduā
finger millet in Gujarati
નાગલી nāglī
finger millet in Sanskrit
रागीधान्यम् rāgīdhānyam
finger millet in Sinhala
කුරහං kurahaṁ, කුරක්කං kurakkaṁ
Dhivehi
ބިންބި bin̊bi

Synonyms of finger millet

Forms of finger millet

pluralfinger millets

Questions about finger millet

What does finger millet mean?
Finger millet means a plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.
What is finger millet in Hindi?
Finger millet in Hindi is रागी (rāgī), मड़ुआ (maṛuā). See Finger millet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is finger millet?
Finger millet is a noun.
What is the plural of finger millet?
The plural of finger millet is finger millets.

Words near finger millet in the dictionary

  1. finger marking
  2. finger marks
  3. finger mask
  4. finger masks
  5. finger men
  6. finger millet
  7. finger millets
  8. finger mirror
  9. finger mirrors
  10. finger muffin
  11. finger nail

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