| n. | 1. | (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica. |
| Noun | 1. | millet - any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine |
| 2. | Millet - French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875) Synonyms: Jean Francois Millet | |
| 3. | millet - small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica |