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ˈbroom corn
[f. (in U.S.) broom + (Indian) corn.]
The American name of the Common Millet, Sorghum vulgare, of which the panicles are made into brooms and stiff brushes; also the Sorghum saccharatum or Sugar Millet of the East.
1817–8Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 340, I have Broom-Corn and Seed-Stems enough to make fifty thousand such brushes. 1861G. Berkeley Sportsm. W. Prairies xxiv. 410 The Americans called them Broom corn. 1886Echo 25 Sept. 4/2 Broom Bread..The latest novelty..is an American loaf made of broom corn flour. 1886A. H. Church Food Grains Ind. 85 Broom corn..is cultivated in some parts of Northern India..on account of the sugar which can be extracted from the stems. |