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Doura

A kind of millet. See Durra.

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Durra 92% connected

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Apomict noun · 78% connection

a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

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Archespore noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Archesporium noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Arthrospore noun · 78% connection

a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria

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Autophyte noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autophytic plant noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autotrophic organism noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Briarroot noun · 78% connection

hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

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Button snakeroot noun · 78% connection

any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

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Chicory root noun · 78% connection

the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute

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Cocoyam noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Corn silk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cornsilk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cultivar noun · 78% connection

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

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Dasheen noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Daughter cell noun · 78% connection

a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…

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Dicot family noun · 78% connection

family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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Amber seed unknown · 78% connection

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…

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Birdseed noun · 78% connection

Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

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Boza noun · 78% connection

An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…

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Cereal noun · 78% connection

grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet

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Couscous noun · 78% connection

A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.

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Dhurra noun · 78% connection

Indian millet. See Durra.

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Ensilage noun · 78% connection

The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat…

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Hyrse noun · 78% connection

Millet.

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Johnson grass unknown · 78% connection

A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large…

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Miliaria noun · 78% connection

A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.

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Miliary adjective · 78% connection

Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.

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Moha noun · 78% connection

A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

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Sorghum noun · 78% connection

A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and…

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Sorgo noun · 78% connection

Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum.

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Millet noun · 72% connection

The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Sout…

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