| 单词 | kaffir corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir corn kaffir corn n. [after South African Dutch kafferkoorn (1784 in a Swedish context in the passage translated in quot. 1785, or earlier; Afrikaans kafferkoring)] = sorghum n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle millc1450 millet1548 Saracen's corn1585 sorghum1597 Guinea corn1697 whisk1757 broom-straw1785 kaffir corn1785 jowari1800 jowar1801 chicken corna1817 broom corn1819 mabela1824 cholum1858 Texas millet1858 dura1882 pearl millet1887 kaoliang1904 proso1907 milo1920 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. x. 10 The colonists call it Caffer-corn [Du. Kaffer-Korn]. 1836 Encycl. Brit. XII. 659/2 The soil is fertile, and has produced three crops of Kaffre and Indian corn in the year. 1973 Farmer's Weekly (S. Afr.) 13 June 3 (advt.) Prevent fallen kaffir corn and other crops from being double cut. 2014 Cape Argus (Nexis) 23 June 20 She recalled the seasons by the crops sown or harvested, and displayed a feisty humour when, with gales of laughter, she said one of them was ‘kaffir corn’. < as lemmas |
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