SORGHUM


Meaning of SORGHUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsȯr-gəm ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin * Syricum ( granum ), literally, Syrian grain

Date: 1597

1. : any of an economically important genus ( Sorghum ) of Old World tropical grasses similar to Indian corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis ; especially : any of various cultivars (as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form ( S. bicolor syn. S. vulgare )

2. : syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup

3. : something cloyingly sentimental

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