Definition of Guinea corn

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinea Corn

Guidettes
Guido
Guidos
Guienne
Guildford
Guilin
Guillain-Barre reflex
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guine-Bissau
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau monetary unit
Guinea-Bissau peso
Guinea corn
Guinea grains
Guinea pepper
Guinea worm
Guinea worm disease
Guinean
Guinean franc
Guinean monetary unit
Guineans
Guinevere
Guinness
Guinnesses
Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
Guiseppe Guarneri
Guiyang

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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