kaoliangn.
/ˈkeɪəʊljaŋ/ The Indian millet, Sorghum vulgare.
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1904 Westm. Gaz. 5 Sept. 7/1 The kao-ling (millet).
1909 Official Hist. Russo-Japanese War (ed. 2) I. vi. 56 The advanced guard..erected screens of kao-liang and trees at every point.
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 40/2 I found the god of rain..glaring at me from the middle of a parched kaoliang patch.
1928 Brit. Chem. Abstracts B. 443 A relatively easy-bleaching soda pulp can be obtained from the stalk of ‘Kaoliang’.
1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 265 The field of fire was invariably obscured by meadows of high-standing kao-ling.
1958 A. N. Steward Man. Vasc. Plants Lower Yangtze Valley 485 Sorghum vulgare..(Kao Liang; Tall Millet)... Cultivated in warm countries.
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