Main Entry: sor·ghum

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 syrup
3 : something cloyingly sentimental

[sorghum illustration]