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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