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[syn: broomcorn, Sorghum vulgare technicum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
broomcorn
n 1: tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle
used for brooms and brushes [syn: broomcorn, Sorghum
vulgare technicum]