Finger millet: 1 definition
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Finger millet means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Finger millet in English is the name of a plant defined with Eleusine coracana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cynosurus coracanus L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Museum Senckenbergianum (1837)
· Hortus Britannicus (1830)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Handbuch des Getreidebaus (1885)
· American Journal of Botany
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Finger, Millet.
Ends with: African finger millet, Wild finger millet.
Full-text: Ragi, African finger millet, Wild finger millet, Doddaragi, Tunva, Ramadhanya, Oddaragi, Vaddaragi, Dhulika, Naredalega, Ummige, Tavadi, Nagali, Kali.
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Beginning of Civilization in South India < [January 1968]