: any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis
especially: any of various cultivars (such as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor synonym S. vulgare)
2
: syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup
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Examples of sorghum in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThat prompted some manufacturers to use other starches, such as the root cassava or sorghum, a gluten-free grain.—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 June 2024 Step 2: Make the baked beans sauce: For a sweet and spicy sauce, combine brown sugar, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, and your choice of sorghum syrup, or molasses.—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 May 2024 Turkeys, being omnivores, eat just about anything, with favorites including bugs, tender greens, acorns, berries, corn, soybeans, sorghum, milo, sunflowers, chufa, and other seeds and grains.—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024 At Good Hot Fish in Asheville, N.C., shredded green cabbage stars in a pancake punched up with sorghum hot sauce.—Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sorghum
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain
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