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- tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes
How To Use broomcorn In A Sentence
- For instance, broomcorn stalks are used for paper in France. 11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types
- A few years ago while on a trip to colonial Williamsburg, seeds for broomcorn were purchased, sorghum vulgare. Brooms « Fairegarden
- Considerable development of broomcorn subsequently took place in the United States, but apparently few (if any) other countries have given the crop much attention. 11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types
- He apparently brought the seed from England in 1725 (when he was only 19) and grew the first broomcorn in North America. 11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types
- In the United States broomcorn became, if anything, even more important than in Europe. 11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types
- It is miles of split-rail fence, moss on a wood shingle roof, broomcorn and flax in a pioneer garden. Proposal: A great deal on a New Deal
- The sorghum known as "broomcorn" was supposedly first cultivated in the United States by Benjamin Franklin. 10. Sorghum: Specialty Types
- Sorghum - also known as milo, millet and broomcorn -- is the grain of choice in hot, dry places where corn won't grow. Slashfood
- In 1781, Thomas Jefferson listed broomcorn among six important agricultural crops of Virginia. 11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types
- The staple grain is millet; 80% of Yemen's grain production is either sorghum or broomcorn millet.
