Definition of Egyptian corn

1. Noun. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.

Exact synonyms: Doura, Dourah, Durra, Guinea Corn, Indian Millet
Generic synonyms: Grain Sorghum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Egyptian Corn

Egretta albus
Egretta caerulea
Egretta garzetta
Egretta thula
Egypt
Egyptian
Egyptian Arabic
Egyptian Empire
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Egyptian Mau
Egyptian Maus
Egyptian bean
Egyptian capital
Egyptian cat
Egyptian cobra
Egyptian corn
Egyptian cotton
Egyptian darkness
Egyptian deity
Egyptian fraction
Egyptian fractions
Egyptian haematuria
Egyptian henbane
Egyptian lupine
Egyptian monetary unit
Egyptian onion
Egyptian ophthalmia
Egyptian paper reed
Egyptian paper rush

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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