Sorghum

['sɔːgəm] or ['sɔrgəm]

Definition

(noun.) made from juice of sweet sorghum.

(noun.) economically important Old World tropical cereal grass.

Edited by Edward--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).

(n.) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Chinese sugar-cane.

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Definition

n. a genus of grasses also called Durra millet and Indian millet or Sorgho grass. It is closely allied to sugar-cane and beard-grass.

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