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Definition of Kaffir corn
1. Noun. Important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves.
Definition of Kaffir corn
1. Noun. A species of millet, ''Sorghum bicolor'', a common ingredient in birdseed mixes. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaffir Corn
Literary usage of Kaffir corn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Milo maize closely resembles kaffir corn, but grows to a greater height. ...
Durra differs from kaffir corn principally in the position of the head, ..."
2. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"1 White kaffir corn — Shall be pure white of choice quality, sound, dry, ...
4 Red kaffir corn — Shall be seven-eighths red that is badly damaged, damp, ..."
3. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"kaffir corn.— Indian Corn.—India-rubber.—Copal.—Hemp.—Ivory.—Hides.—Bees-wax.—Iron.
—Coal.—Copper.—Gold.—Silver.—Cinnabar.—Mission Work. ..."
4. Productive Farm Crops by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1916)
"kaffir corn No. I White kaffir corn.—Shall be pure white of choice quality, ...
4 Red kaffir corn.—Shall be seven-eighths red that is badly damaged, damp, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"He also had fifteen acres of kaffir corn which a white man cared for. The Indian
was to harvest it and have half the crop. The Indian corn was worth forty ..."
6. Report by Indians Rights Association (1904)
"He also had fifteen acres of kaffir corn which a white man cared for. ...
The Indian corn was worth forty cents a bushel and the kaffir corn, ..."
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