MILLET

(Lat. milium; Fr. millet.) A plant cla ed by botanists among the gra es, though some of its species attain a height of from 16 to 20 feet in favourable situations. There are many species of this plant; of which the principal are the Polish, the common or Gorman, and the Indian millet. In several parts of Europe it is cultivated as a grain, and is sometimes employed as a substitute for rice or sago by the poorer cla es, but more frequently it is used for feeding chickens and domestic animals. It is cultivated to a considerable extent in France, Switzerland, Southern Germany, and most748extensively in Egypt, Syria, Nubia, China, arid [s. 762]