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sorghum

  • noun
  • /ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

A kind of

  • syrup

Related words

  • sorghum midge
  • sorghum syrup
  • sorghum molasses
  • sweet sorghum
  • sorghum rum
  • sorghum whiskey
  • sorghum whisky
  • yellow sorghum stunt

Word history

From Italian "sorgo".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sorghum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.