sor|ghum

sor|ghum
sor|ghum «SR guhm», noun.
1. a tall cereal grass resembling corn. One kind of sorghum has a sweet juice used for making molasses or syrup. Some kinds provide food for livestock either by their grain or as hay, and other furnish material for brushes or brooms.
2. molasses or syrup made from a sweet sorghum plant.
╂[< New Latin Sorghum the genus name < Italian sorgo; see etym. under sorgo (Cf. ↑sorgo)]

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  • sor — ad·dres·sor; ad·pro·mis·sor; ad·ses·sor; ag·gres·sor; ais·sor; an·te·ces·sor; as·cen·sor; as·ses·sor; as·ses·sor·ship; cen·sor·a·ble; cen·sor·ate; cen·sor·ship; com·pres·sor; con·fes·sor; con·sor·tion; con·sor·ti·um; cre·sor·ci·nol; de·fen·sor;… …   English syllables

  • sorghum — sor·ghum …   English syllables

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  • sorghum — sor|ghum [ sɔrgəm ] noun uncount a plant that produces grain and grows mainly in tropical areas …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sorghum — sor•ghum [[t]ˈsɔr gəm[/t]] n. 1) pln any cereal grass of the genus Sorghum, having broad leaves and a tall stem bearing grain in a dense terminal cluster 2) the syrup made from sorgo • Etymology: 1590–1600; < NL < It sorgo < VL*suricum… …   From formal English to slang

  • S vulgare — Sorghum Sor ghum, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see {Johnson grass}), and {S. vulgare}, the Indian millet (see… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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