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noun
A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: African finger millet, caracan millet, finger millet, coracan, koracan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: beverages, brewing, business, cooking, food, lifestyle, manufacturing
Synonyms: ragi yeast
Antonyms: none provided
noun
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: finger millet, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: millet
History
Borrowed from Hindi रागी (rāgī).
From Malay ragi (“fermenting medium, yeast”), from an Indian language such as Hindi रागी (rāgī, “finger millet”), since finger millet can be fermented. See Etymology 1.
