User:Pekinensis/Chinese words for millet
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- 小米 = 粟 sù = 禾 hé = 粱 liáng (but certainly not 高粱) = Setaria italica (foxtail millet)
- 秫 shú - glutinous variety
- 黍 shǔ = 穄 jì = 芑 qǐ = 糜 mí = Panicum miliaceum (proso millet)
- 秬 jù - black variety
- 稗 bài = Echinochloa spp. (barnyard millet)
- 莠 yǒu = Setaria viridis
- 稷 jì - disputed Setaria italica or Panicum miliaceum
- 穇 shān - disputed Echinochloa frumentacea or (more sources) Eleusine coracana
- 谷子 - Especially Setaria italica, but may include other cereals, depending on region
- 狗尾草 = 狗尾巴草 = Setaria spp.
- 狼尾草 = 狼尾巴草 = Pennisetum spp
- 粢 zī - unclear