Crossword clues for broomcorn
The Collaborative International Dictionary
broomcorn \broom"corn\, broom corn \broom" corn`\ (Bot.) A tall variety of grass ( Sorghum vulgare technicum), having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long stiff branches, of which brooms are made.
Wiktionary
n. a variety of grass of the species (taxlink Sorghum vulgare species).
WordNet
n. tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes [syn: Sorghum vulgare technicum]
Usage examples of "broomcorn".
They had been collecting grains of broomcorn millet and wild rye from a mixed stand that also included the nodding seed heads of unripe two-row barley, and both einkorn and emmer wheat.
Small flakes, pieces, grains of broomcorn were moving about on the tabletop, and there was no breeze.
Rice, broomcorn, early wheat mixed with millet, Ribs of fatted ox, tender and succulent, Stewed turtle and roast kid, served with sauce of yams, Geese cooked in sour and bitter, casseroled duck, fried flesh of the great crane, Braised chicken, tortoise seethed in soup of Wu, Fried honey cakes and malt-sugar sweetmeats, And jadelike wine, honey-flavored, fills your cup, Strained of impurities, cool and refreshing.
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.