sorghum
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- noun
- /ˈsɔrɡəm/
:
sorgo
- The tablelands are still mostly in crops, principally wheat and sorghum, and the side slopes are in pasture.
- grain sorghum
- harvest of sorghum
- important crops including sorghum
Examples
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Occasionally, she would plant a crop of sorghum and make molasses at the mill her father had built.
Fiction book (2001) -
Texas normally ranks near the top nationwide in producing sorghum, citrus, vegetable crops, livestock, and cotton.
Academic text (1997) -
Instead, they grow grain sorghum and wheat with rest periods in between.
Academic text (2000) -
Some seeds, like clover and sorghum, can last for 30 or 40 years in freezer storage.
Academic text (2003) -
Initially, peanuts and sorghum, important crops in the Southeast, will be the focus.
Academic text (2003) -
The valley's cotton and sorghum are planted in early spring and harvested in mid to late summer.
Academic text (1997) -
The researchers also found strong economic benefits with irrigated and dryland sorghum and irrigated corn.
Academic text (1997) -
Farmers often grow sorghum to provide grain for livestock feed.
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In many regions, sorghum is used to make sweet syrup and porridge.
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The nutritious grain from sorghum can be used in a variety of recipes.
Synonyms
A group of tropical grass plants that include crops grown for grain and animal feed
Compounds
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A tall plant grown for small edible seeds used for food or animal feed
- Specialized
A group of tropical grass plants that include crops grown for grain and animal feed
- Specialized
A wild grass that grows like a weed in parts of Africa and other tropical areas
- Specialized
A tall grass that grows back each year, used to feed animals and often a harmful weed
A thick sweet syrup made from the juice of a tall plant like corn used like sugar
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A grain plant like corn with very large soft white grains from Sudan
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A grain plant with dry stalks and small hard seeds grown in dry areas
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A tall grass with long stiff flower clusters used to make brooms and brushes
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A grain plant like corn grown for people and animals that can grow in dry places
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A plant grown in West Africa for grain used to make porridge and bread
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sorghum comes from the Italian word sorgo, a name that probably came into European languages from Arabic and African words for the same grain, and it remembers the plant's long history in warm regions. So, sorghum refers to a tall grass grown for its edible grain and for animal feed because that is what people have used it for for centuries.