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proso

proso noun: panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.

Noun

proso (uncountable)

  1. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
    • Examples are corn, sorghum, wheat, oats, millet, soybeans, and proso.1973, Dan Herndon Jordan, Soil Survey of Cherokee, Gilmer, and Pickens Counties, Georgia
    Synonyms:
    proso millet

Synonyms of proso

Phrases with proso

Questions about proso

What does proso mean?
Proso means panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
What part of speech is proso?
Proso is a noun.

Words near proso in the dictionary

  1. proslavic
  2. proslavist
  3. proslavists
  4. proslepsis
  5. prosleptic
  6. proso
  7. proso millet
  8. proso millets
  9. proso-
  10. prosobranch
  11. prosobranchiate

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