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 wheat comes from New York, Ohio, or states further west, the kaffir corn mostly comes from Kansas and the hemp seed from Kentucky.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

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

The best kinds of feeds to use are cracked corn, red wheat, kaffir corn, millet, peas, hemp and rice.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

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