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hirssi.

millet (any of a group of various grasses whose grains are used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhirsːi/[ˈhirs̠ːi]
  1. millet (any of a group of various grasses whose grains are used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world)

  2. millet (the grains of these grasses)

  3. panicgrass (grass of the genus Panicum, some of which are used as millet)

  4. proso millet, common millet, Panicum miliaceum (the most widely cultivated variant of millet)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish hirs, from German Hirse.

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