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What kind of grain is millet?

Millet is also called millet, yellow millet, etc. The official Chinese name is recorded as "Liang" in Flora of China, but it is more common to call millet.

Millet is one of the main crops cultivated in northern China, with large planting area and high yield. The main production area is in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, and a small amount is cultivated in other places. It is often classified into miscellaneous grains. After long-term breeding and cultivation, there are many varieties now, which are divided into early-maturing, middle-maturing and late-maturing varieties according to maturity.

differences between millet and rice

1. differences between families and genera

1. rice is an annual aquatic herb of Gramineae and Oryza, and it is the most important and oldest food in Oryza.

2. Millet is an annual plant of Gramineae and Setaria, which was called millet and millet in ancient times.

second, the difference of seed setting

1. The seed set by rice is rice, which is called brown rice after the husk is removed, and the brown rice can be obtained by grinding off the rice bran layer. The rice grain is large, milky white and olive-shaped.

2. Millet bears hundreds to thousands of grains per ear, and the seeds are very small, with a diameter of about .1cm. The ears of millet are generally golden yellow when they are mature, with oval seeds, and most of them are yellow. After hulling and peeling, it is called millet, which is small, yellow and spherical.