1. Tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
   "bulrush millet is an important crop in arid regions";
   - pearl millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum, Pennisetum Americanum

Type of: cereal, cereal grass

Part of: genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum

Encyclopedia: Bulrush millet