sor·ghum (sôr g m)n. 1. An Old World grass (Sorghum bicolor), several varieties of which are widely cultivated as grain and forage or as a source of syrup. 2. Syrup made from the juice of this plant. [New Latin Sorghum, genus name, from Italian sorgo, a tall cereal grass, probably from Medieval Latin surgum, perhaps variant of Vulgar Latin *syricum, from neuter of Latin Syricus, Syrian, from Syria, Syria.] |
sorghum [ˈsɔːgəm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any grass of the Old World genus Sorghum, having solid stems, large flower heads, and glossy seeds: cultivated for grain, hay, and as a source of syrup See also kaffir corn, durra
[from New Latin, from Italian sorgo, probably from Vulgar Latin Syricum grānum (unattested) Syrian grain]
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| Noun | 1. |  sorghum - economically important Old World tropical cereal grassmillet - any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine genus Sorghum, Sorghum - annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum great millet, kaffir, kaffir corn, kafir corn, Sorghum bicolor - important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves grain sorghum - any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain sorgho, sorgo, sugar sorghum, sweet sorghum - any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup Aleppo grass, evergreen millet, Johnson grass, means grass, Sorghum halepense - tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land broomcorn, Sorghum vulgare technicum - tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes |
| 2. | Sorghum - annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane sorghum - economically important Old World tropical cereal grass | |
| 3. | sorghum - made from juice of sweet sorghum |
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