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sorghum

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 syrup3: something cloyingly sentimental

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