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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

miglio perlaceo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: miglio perlaceo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pearl millet/pɜːrl ˈmɪl.ɪt/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il miglio perlaceo resiste molto bene alla siccità."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

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As noun
  1. 1

    A widely cultivated cereal crop with small grains, grown primarily in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia for food and fodder.

    "Pearl millet is remarkably drought-tolerant and forms a staple part of the diet in many dry regions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'pearl', derived from Latin perla referring to the rounded shape of the grains, and 'millet', originating from the Latin milium meaning millet, traceable back to Indo-European roots. Historically cultivated in semi-arid regions of Africa and the Indian subcontinent, it has been a staple cereal crop for thousands of years.

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