What is "foxtail millet"

n. The second-most widely planted species of millet, ''Setaria italica'', which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.

n. coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States [syn: Italian millet, Hungarian grass, Setaria italica]

Foxtail millet (; botanic name Setaria italica, synonym Panicum italicum L.) is the second-most widely planted species of millet, and the most important in East Asia. It has the longest history of cultivation among the millets, having been grown in China since sometime in the sixth millennium BC. Other names for the species include dwarf setaria, foxtail bristle-grass, giant setaria, green foxtail, Italian millet, German millet, and Hungarian millet.