coracan
coracan · coracans
Finger milletFinger millet (Eleusine coracana).
Meaning
1 sensesFinger millet (Eleusine coracana).
More definitions
- East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
Origin
From Sri Lankan Tamil குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ), which is cognate with, if not from, Sinhalese කFrom Sri Lankan Tamil குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ), which is cognate with, if not from, Sinhalese කුරක්කං (kurakkaṁ).
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Forms
plural: coracansSynonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient:finger milletragirageeAfrican milletcorakankurakkanEleusine coracana
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcoracan millet