| Pronunciation: | | 'sowrgum
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| Matching Terms: | | sorghum bicolor, sorghum halapense, sorghum halepense, sorghum molasses, sorghum vulgare caudatum, sorghum vulgare rosburghii, sorghum vulgare technicum
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- [n] made from juice of sweet sorghum
- [n] economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
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| | Synonyms: | | sorghum molasses |
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| | See Also: | | Aleppa grass, broomcorn, evergreen millet, genus Sorghum, grain sorghum, great millet, Johnson grass, kaffir, kaffir corn, kafir corn, means grass, millet, sirup, sorgho, Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum halapense, Sorghum halepense, Sorghum vulgare technicum, sorgo, sugar sorghum, sweet sorghum, syrup |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.)
(a) 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}).
(b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine
juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
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