Guinea corn
- noun
- UK
:
maíz guinea
- She ground the Guinea corn into flour to make traditional flatbreads.
Examples
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Farmers in northern Nigeria often plant Guinea corn because it thrives in dry climates.
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The harvest of Guinea corn was especially good this year, providing food for the whole village.
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Farmers in Africa often grow Guinea corn for food.
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Is Guinea corn popular in your country?
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Farmers in northern Nigeria often plant Guinea corn because it thrives in dry climates.
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She ground the Guinea corn into flour to make traditional flatbreads.
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The harvest of Guinea corn was especially good this year, providing food for the whole village.
Synonyms
A type of grain plant grown in dry parts of Asia and North Africa for food and animal feed
A grain plant that grows in dry parts of Asia and North Africa
A grain plant grown in dry places for food and animal feed
A type of grain plant grown for food and animal feed
A tall grain plant like corn grown for food and animal feed
A grain plant called sorghum that people grow for food in dry regions of North Africa and Asia
Surface Forms
Morphology
Guinea + corn
The noun 'corn' signals a cereal grain and 'Guinea' suggests a geographic or origin label, so a B1 learner who knows both parts could reasonably infer this is a kind of grain. However, the specific identification as sorghum (rather than maize or another cereal) and the regional/technical usage are not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so prior exposure or lexical knowledge would be needed for the exact meaning.
Etymology
Guinea corn may come from the West African area called Guinea and from the old use of corn to mean any 'grain'. So it originally meant 'a grain from Guinea', which is why today the name refers to this type of sorghum used for food and animal feed.
