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sor·ghum  (sôrgm)

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.

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[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.]

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sorghum

Noun

a grass grown for grain and as a source of syrup [Italian sorgo]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sorghum - economically important Old World tropical cereal grass millet - 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 genus 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 sorghum molasses sirup, syrup - a thick sweet sticky liquid