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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A form of durra, Andropogon Sorghum cernuus, with the densely flowered panicle abruptly bent or recurved so as to point downward. It is largely-cultivated as a cereal in Africa and to some extent in Asia, and is sometimes planted in America, its seed being valued as chicken feed. Also called
white Egyptian corn . Seesorghum , 2.
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“chicken-corn," did not undergo so great a change, but the seeds became less polished and pellucid.”
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
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