Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The cereal Digitaria exilis or white fonio.

Origin

So called by Europeans because it was mistakenly believed to be a famine food in West Afri

So called by Europeans because it was mistakenly believed to be a famine food in West Africa.

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