: an Old World cereal grass (Eleusine coracana) yielding a staple food crop especially in India and Africa
also: the seeds of ragi used for food
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe agricultural department organised programmes to educate chefs about the nutritional and traditional value of the millet while encouraging reluctant farmers to build a multi-cropping system centred around ragi. Raghav Simha, Quartz India, 17 Feb. 2021 Others took the more traditional route, increasing the quantity of ragi, ghee, and turmeric in their meals. Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 5 Jan. 2020