kaffir

Other forms: kaffirs

Definitions of kaffir
  1. noun
    important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
    synonyms: Sorghum bicolor, great millet, kaffir corn, kafir corn
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    type of:
    sorghum
    economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
  2. noun
    an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
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    type of:
    Black African
    an African who is Black
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