/sawr"goh/ , n. , pl. sorgos .
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
Also, sorgho . Also called sweet sorghum, sugar sorghum .
[ 1750-60; syricum ( granum ) Syrian (grain), neut. of L Syricus (masc.) of SYRIA; see -IC ]