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Kaffir corn

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Noun
  1. 1
    The cultivated species of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, used as a food for people and animals and in ethanol production. uncountable
  2. 2
    important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves wordnet

Etymology

This name for sorghum is probably connected with both the distinction of Muslim versus non-Muslim and the distinction of sub-Saharan Black race versus other race; the history of usage of the word kaffir includes derogation, depending on time and place. For more information, see kaffir cabbage and see the Wikipedia article on kaffir as a racial term.

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