Word: sorghums
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...become lexicographer and authority in its own field. It issued a list of some 20 official spellings and definitions including: " Thresh " instead of "thrash"; "Brahma" instead of "Brahman" (Zebu cattle); " kafir " instead of " kaffir " or " kaffir corn "; " milo " instead of " milo maise "; " sorgo " instead of " cane sorghum"; "potato" for "Irish potato," "round potato," "white potato," " common potato "; " sweet potato" instead of "yam" for the plant Ipomoea Batatas; "purebred," "broomcorn," "butterfat" to be spellt as single words without hyphens...
...bounty system.- Encyclopedia Brit., Vol. XXII., p. 628; (e) state aid has been an important factor in building up other industries both at home and abroad.- Lalor's Cyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 818; (f) a bounty would encourage the domestic production of sugar from beets and sorghum.- John Sherman in Congressional Record...
...professors in the Champaign University of Illinois discovered a process for manufacturing sugar from sorghum and glucose from the seed. They patented their process, for which they lost their positions...