Guinea corn
Origin of Guinea corn
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How to use Guinea corn in a sentence
In the early 17th century, slaves brought sweet sorghum seeds, then known as “Guinea corn,” to the United States.
It is a fermented drink made from Guinea corn, and is, I was told, highly intoxicating if one drinks enough of it.
A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland | Meg GehrtsTheir food consists principally of the grains ghaseb and ghafouley, or guinea-corn.
Asses are exceedingly numerous, and likewise go to Soudan to fetch guinea-corn.
Sometimes I take milk, with cakes of rice or flour; or Guinea-corn, baked in a very useful article in my kitchen; viz.
Samboe; or, The African Boy | Mary Ann Hedge
In the West Indies maize, Guinea corn, sugar-corn tops, and sometimes molasses are given.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture
British Dictionary definitions for Guinea corn
another name for durra
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