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Definition of Guinea corn
1. Noun. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinea Corn
Literary usage of Guinea corn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and by Andrew Kippis (1807)
"It consists mostly of Guinea corn, with a small bit of salt meat, or.salt fish.
Formerly a bunch of plantains was given to each slave as the weekly ..."
2. Hausaland, Or, Fifteen Hundred Miles Through the Central Soudan by Charles Henry Robinson (1896)
"The name guinea-corn, which originated in the West Indies, is supposed to have
been given to it because the seed was first brought there from the Guinea ..."
3. Notes on the West Indies: Written During the Expedition Under the Command of by George Pinckard (1806)
"Mafla gib me Guinea corn too much—Guinea corn to-day—Guinea corn to-morrow—Guinea
corn eb'ry day—Me no like him Guinea corn—him Guinea corn no good for ..."
4. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... will make an excellent hay, which cattle .prefer to meadow-hay. In like manner,
after Guinea- corn has done bearing feed, the after crop will ..."
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