"fonio" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊnjəʊ/
Etymology: From French fonio, from Wolof foño. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fonio}} French fonio, {{der|en|wo|foño}} Wolof foño Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fonio (uncountable)
  1. Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa; white fonio Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grains, Paniceae tribe grasses Synonyms: hungry rice Coordinate_terms (Cereals): cereal Translations (Digitaria exilis): ikpẽ (Ashe), fini (Bambara), fũma (Cerma), fonio (Finnish), fonio (French), acaari (Fula), foɲɲe (Fula), seremmbe (Fula), acca (Hausa), ɔva (Ikposo), palusznik afrykański [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fonio-en-noun-obdGo1hj Disambiguation of Grains: 57 43 Disambiguation of Paniceae tribe grasses: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'Cereals': 61 39 Disambiguation of 'Digitaria exilis': 74 26
  2. Digitaria iburua, a cereal cultivated in western Africa, black fonio Tags: uncountable Translations (Digitaria iburua): fonio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fonio-en-noun-tx7i~eiI Disambiguation of 'Digitaria iburua': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acha Hypernyms (grain crop): grain, cereal
Disambiguation of 'grain crop': 50 50 Coordinate_terms: barley, maize, corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

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