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• noun (Context 1)
Any of various tropical and warm-temperate grasses of the former genus Pennisetum (now mostly classified under Cenchrus in the family Poaceae), widely cultivated as garden ornamentals for their showy, feathery, bottlebrush-like flower spikes and plumed inflorescences, or grown as cereal and forage crops such as pearl millet.
Strong
grass
Weak
millet
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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Pennisetum. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/pennisetum