broomcorn

2 definitions found

broomcorn - 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]

broomcorn - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  broomcorn
      n 1: tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle
           used for brooms and brushes [syn: broomcorn, Sorghum vulgare technicum
           ]