A tall tropical cereal with long cylindrical ears, cultivated as a food crop in the driest areas of Africa and South Asia.
珍珠粟，御谷
Pennisetum glaucum or 'typhoides', family Gramineae
Example sentencesExamples
The chapter on pearl millet provides a useful introduction to this crop.
Considerable efforts have been made to introduce the trait into crops such as maize and pearl millet by traditional breeding involving interspecific hybridization.
Glabrous mutant varieties have been identified in many cereal crop species, including rice, wheat, barley, oats, pearl millet, sugarcane, and sorghum.
Though pearl millet, a grain crop native to western Africa, is grown in the United States for forage, there is no established grain market for it.
Maize and pearl millet are compared, of which the latter is more drought tolerant.
Definition of pearl millet in US English:
pearl millet
noun
A tall tropical grain with long cylindrical ears, comprising an important food crop in the driest areas of Africa and South Asia.
珍珠粟，御谷
Pennisetum glaucum or 'typhoides', family Gramineae
Example sentencesExamples
Though pearl millet, a grain crop native to western Africa, is grown in the United States for forage, there is no established grain market for it.
Glabrous mutant varieties have been identified in many cereal crop species, including rice, wheat, barley, oats, pearl millet, sugarcane, and sorghum.
Maize and pearl millet are compared, of which the latter is more drought tolerant.
Considerable efforts have been made to introduce the trait into crops such as maize and pearl millet by traditional breeding involving interspecific hybridization.
The chapter on pearl millet provides a useful introduction to this crop.