BROOMCORN

Meaning of BROOMCORN in English

/broohm"kawrn', broom"-/ , n.

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

[ 1775-85, Amer.; BROOM + CORN 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BROOMCORN — noun Date: circa 1782 any of several tall cultivated sorghums having stiff-branched panicles used in brooms and brushes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROOMCORN — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several tall cultivated grasses that are derived from a variety of sorghum ( Sorghum vulgare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROOMCORN — noun Date: circa 1782 : any of several tall cultivated sorghums having stiff-branched panicles used in brooms and brushes
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BROOMCORN — [broom.corn] n (ca. 1782): any of several tall cultivated sorghums having stiff-branched panicles used in brooms and brushes
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BROOMCORN — a variety of upright grass of the species Sorghum vulgare, or S. bicolor variety technicum, belonging to the family Gramineae …
Britannica English vocabulary
BROOMCORN — бот. сорго метельчатое или веничное (ботаника) сорго метельчатое или веничное (Sorghum vulgare)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BROOMCORN — n бот. сорго метельчатое или веничное ( Sorghum vulgare )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BROOMCORN — бот. сорго метельчатое или веничное
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BROOMCORN — (n) сорго
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BROOMCORN — n бот. сорго метельчатое или веничное ( Sorghum vulgare )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BROOMCORN — n бот. сорго метельчатое или веничное ( Sorghum vulgare )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BROOMCORN — сорго веничное (Sorghum technicum) - millet broomcorn
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BROOMCORN — сорго веничное ( Sorghum technicum ) - millet broomcorn
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BROOMCORN — бот. сорго метельчатое или веничное (ботаника) сорго метельчатое или веничное (Sorghum vulgare)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BROOMCORN — Pronunciation: - ˌ ko ̇ rn Function: noun Date: circa 1782 : any of several tall cultivated sorghums having stiff-branched …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BROOMCORN MILLET — noun : millet 1a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORGHUM — Cereal grain plant of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), probably native to Africa, and its edible starchy seeds. All types …
Английский словарь Британика
WHISK — I. ˈhwisk also ˈwi- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wisk, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse …
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BUMPER — I. ˈbəmpə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably from bump (I) (in obsolete sense, to bulge, be protuberant) + -er …
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BRUSH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROOM — I. ˈbrüm, -u̇m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brōm; akin to Old High German brāmo …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORGHUM MIDGE — noun : a minute gall midge ( Contarinia sorghicola ) whose larvae develop in the seed heads of sorghum, broomcorn, …
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SORGHUM — ˈsȯrgəm, -ȯ(ə)g- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, perhaps from (assumed) Vulgar Latin Syricum ( granum ), from Latin …
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SECOND CROP — noun 1. : a second harvest from the regrowth or second growth of a crop (as broomcorn) after harvesting earlier …
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HACKLER — ˈhak(ə)lə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: hackle (IV) + -er : one that hackles ; especially : a worker who …
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CORN BROOM — noun : a broom made from the panicles of broomcorn
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COMMON SORGHUM — noun : a strong erect annual grass ( Sorghum vulgare ) that is the source of many of the cultivated …
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BROOM MILLET — noun : broomcorn millet
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORN BROOM — Northeastern U.S. Older Use. a broom made from the panicles of broomcorn. [ 1810-20 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SORGHUM — cereal grain plant of the family Gramineae (Poaceae), probably originating in Africa, and its edible starchy seeds. All types raised …
Britannica English vocabulary
MILLET — (Turkish: religious community, or people), according to the Qur'an, the religion professed by Abraham and other ancient prophets. In medieval …
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HONAN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ho-nan, (Pinyin) Henan, sheng (province) of north-central China. It has an area of 64,700 square miles (167,700 square …
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