n.
Pronunciation: ' so ̇ r-g ə m
Function: 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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