kaffir corn

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noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: kaffir.   kafir.  an old-fashioned and now taboo name for a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder

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kaffir corn

They were on their way to the Paraguayan Chaco, where Canadian and European Mennonites, in settlements now decades old, have made the swampy wilderness bear fat crops of cotton and kaffir corn.

From Time Magazine Archive

The principal feeds are red wheat, sifted cracked corn, Canada peas, kaffir corn, hemp seed and German millet seed.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

In these receptacles should be kept a generous supply of sifted cracked corn, Canada peas, wheat, German millet, kaffir corn and hemp.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

A gateway of tangled boughs led into the inclosure, while in one part of the village were the curious woven wickerwork granaries in which the community store of kaffir corn is kept.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

But 'stead of eatin' cornbread, us eats bread out of kaffir corn and maize.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration