SORGHUM

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain Date: 1597 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, syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup, something cloyingly sentimental