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 (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
3 : something cloyingly sentimental
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Examples of sorghum in a Sentence
a once-popular children's book that today's tots would likely regard as tiresome sorghum
Recent Examples of sorghum from the Web
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This Sanford restaurant’s Bite30 menu includes dishes such as baby octopus mopped in sorghum, a Plant City strawberry salad, maple leaf duck confit and its infamous chocolate gravy biscuit.
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In addition to peanuts and cotton, there were potatoes, sugar cane, sorghum and tobacco.
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The gluten free bread and pizza dough is made from a mix of brown rice, sorghum and garbanzo bean flours.
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Origin and Etymology of sorghum
New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain
First Known Use: 1597
SORGHUM Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sorghum for English Language Learners
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: a kind of tropical grass that is grown for food; also : the grain that grows on this grass
SORGHUM Defined for Kids
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1 : a tall grass that is grown for forage and grain
2 : a sweet syrup from the juice of sorghum stems
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