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Noun: foxtail millet  'fóks,teyl 'mi-lit
  1. 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