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Definition of Kafir corn
1. Noun. Important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kafir Corn
Literary usage of Kafir corn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"Since kafir corn is the most important non-saccharine sorghum, and since other
varieties ... Millo maize requires a longer season of growth then kafir corn, ..."
2. Productive Farm Crops by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1916)
"... in all colored sorghum seeds, but not found in white seeds. FIG. 92. Fio. 93.
FIo. 92. — Plant of kafir corn. Fio. 93. — Non-saccharine sorghums. corn, ..."
3. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"kafir corn and Sorghum.—Cattle and sheep turned into fields of Kafir or sorghum
often die very suddenly. This is due to the presence of prussic acid, ..."
4. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"kafir corn—The Kansas station was one of the first to demonstrate the value of
kafir corn as a ... That station has fed kafir corn whole, ground, soaked, ..."
5. Productive Feeding of Farm Animals by Fritz Wilhelm Woll (1921)
"Accidents usually have happened when pastures are short and cattle get into a
field of young sorghum, Fio. 14.—A field of dwarf black-hull kafir corn, ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"5-course : 1, Castor-beans ; 2, kafir corn ; 3, cotton ; 4, oats ; 5, ...
Wheat and kafir corn the same year continuously. kafir corn continuously. Oregon. ..."
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