- pearl millet, bulrush millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum, Pennisetum Americanum - tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
--1 is a kind of cereal, cereal grass
--1 is a member of Pennisetum, genus Pennisetum