finger millet
A type of millet, Eleusine coracana, used as a grain crop in parts of Africa and Asia.
Finger millet is widely cultivated in Africa and India.
Usually written in katakana; the kanji form 四国稗 is rare.
Rare kanji spelling; the word is normally written in kana.
The name シコクビエ literally means 'Shikoku barnyard grass', but the exact origin of the name is uncertain; it may refer to the plant's introduction via Shikoku or a resemblance to 稗 (hie, barnyard millet).