noun
Meaning 1
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coracan
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noun
Meaning 2
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: millet
History
Etymology
From Sri Lankan Tamil குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ), which is cognate with, if not from, Sinhalese කුරක්කං (kurakkaṁ).