| 单词 | guinea corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGuinea corn Guinea corn n. (also with small g) durra n. or Indian millet, Sorghum vulgare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle millc1450 millet1548 Saracen's corn1585 sorghum1597 Guinea corn1697 whisk1757 broom-straw1785 kaffir corn1785 jowari1800 jowar1801 chicken corna1817 broom corn1819 mabela1824 cholum1858 Texas millet1858 dura1882 pearl millet1887 kaoliang1904 proso1907 milo1920 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 48 The Indians are Husband-men, and plant Maiz and Guinea Corn. 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 69 At that time they [sc. the fields] were covered with a large kind of millet, called guiar-natt, or Guinea corn. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 84 They cultivate for bread..two varieties of that species of Panicum vulgarly called guinea corn. 1834 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 343 The guinea-corn grows near fifteen feet high. < as lemmas |
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