sorghum
A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour…A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
» How would wheat grow, if you've sown sorghum?
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
Sorghum, Durra, Sorghumhirse
со́ргоsórgo, гаоля́нgaolján
соргоsorho
(Southern US, countable, uncountable)Sorghum syrup.
made from juice of sweet sorghum
Examples
2 sentencesHow would wheat grow, if you've sown sorghum?
I baked bread with fava beans, white sorghum, barley and wheat.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“SyrianFrom New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).
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Forms
plural: sorghumsSynonyms
12 synonyms- made from juice of sweet sorghum:sorghum molasses
- annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum:genus Sorghum
Word family
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