pennisetum glaucum

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pennisetum glaucum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pennisetum glaucum
      n 1: tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and
           Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for
           forage; sometimes used in making beer [syn: pearl millet,
           bulrush millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum,
           Pennisetum Americanum]