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sorghum

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Main Entry:
sor·ghum 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈsȯr-gəm\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain
Date:
1597
1: any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to Indian corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis ; especially : any of various cultivars (as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor syn. S. vulgare)2: syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup3: something cloyingly sentimental


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