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noun
Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa; white fonio
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: hungry rice
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Digitaria iburua, a cereal cultivated in western Africa, black fonio
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French fonio, from Wolof foño.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
