Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Ceylon, same as
raggee . SeeEleusine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An East Indian cereal grass (
Eleusine coracana ) whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
finger millet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
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Examples
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"My friend, pray help me to remove this kurakkan-grinder."
The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies William Alexander Clouston 1869
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He was of the opinion that the present drive to increase the production of rice and kurakkan flour and products based on them, backed by on-going research, would help to offset the loss on them.
Asian Tribune 2008
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a large kurakkan-grinder, [7] thought that was the heaviest thing in the room, and attempted to remove it.
The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies William Alexander Clouston 1869
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