sorghum
sor·ghum
noun \ˈsȯr-gəm\Definition of SORGHUM
1
: 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 (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
Examples of SORGHUM
- <a once-popular children's book that today's tots would likely regard as tiresome sorghum>
Origin of SORGHUM
New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain
First Known Use: 1597
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