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broomcorn

[ broom-kawrn, broom- ]

noun

  1. any of several varieties of sorghum having a long, stiff-branched panicle used in the manufacture of brooms.


broomcorn

/ ˈbruËmËŒkÉ”Ën; ˈbrÊŠm- /

noun

  1. a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare technicum , the long stiff flower stalks of which have been used for making brooms
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of broomcorn1

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; broom + corn 1
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Sanora Babb, who grew up in a dugout farming broomcorn in eastern Colorado, understood what it was like to grow up in poverty.

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Step 10: Repeat steps 1-9 for the second broom, using your other half of the broomcorn bundle.

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Their family tree, which went back approximately 9200 years, suggested a common origin for dozens of words related to the growing and harvesting of a grain known as broomcorn millet.

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Still another development in eastern and northern Australia was the harvesting of seeds of a wild millet, belonging to the same genus as the broomcorn millet that was a staple of early Chinese agriculture.

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And the ingredients they discovered are as eclectic as any trendy brewpub’s: broomcorn millet, tubers and a grain known as Job’s tears.

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