Noun: foxtail millet 'fóks,teyl 'mi-lit
- Coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
"Farmers planted foxtail millet as an emergency forage crop during the drought";
- Italian millet, Hungarian grass, Setaria italica
Derived forms: foxtail millets
Type of: foxtail, foxtail grass
Part of: genus Setaria, Setaria
Encyclopedia: Foxtail millet