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Definition of Egyptian corn
1. Noun. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egyptian Corn
Literary usage of Egyptian corn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American in Egypt: With Rambles Through Arabia Petra︠e︡a and the Holy by James Ewing Cooley (1843)
"... overwhelming Effect of Egyptian corn-laws. — Departure from E'Souan.— Temple
of Ed- foo. —Tombs of El Kab. IN an excursion to the island of Philae, ..."
2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1849)
"The best kinds for this purpose are the Rice corn, and and a variety sometimes (though
improperly) called Egyptian corn. The Rice corn is a dwarfish variety ..."
3. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1860)
"Egyptian corn. " The subscriber offers to farmers throughout the country, the
Egyptian corn, which, upon trial last year, was found to ripen, planted even ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"The Egyptian corn is preferable to ... or Egyptian corn has been a ... numberless
acres to which no cereal is now adapted, the Egyptian corn alone excepted. ..."
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