[mil.let] n [ME milet, fr. MF, dim. of mil, fr. L milium; akin to Gk meline millet] (15c) 1: any of various small-seeded annual cereal and forage grasses: a: a grass (Panicum miliaceum) cultivated for its grain which is used for food b: any of several grasses related to common millet
2: the seed of a millet