eleusine

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of grasses, belonging to the tribe Chlorideæ, having several linear spikes digitate at the summit of the culm. The species are natives of the warmer parts of the globe, and several are cultivated for their grain. In the East an Indian species, E. coracana (known as natchnee, nagla ragee, mand, and murwa), is cultivated as a corn, from which the Tibetans make a weak beer. E. stricta is also a productive grain, and the Abyssinian grain tocusso is the product of another species, E. Tocusso. E. Indica, an annual species, is now naturalized in most warm countries, and is good for grazing and soiling, and as hay.

Wiktionary

1. n. A tropical grass similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. a genus of annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands