
Sorghum bicolor
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Sorghum (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- sourgum, sorgum, sorgho
Etymology
From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/
Noun
sorghum (countable and uncountable, plural sorghums)
- A cereal, Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare) the grains of which are used to make flour and as cattle feed.
- 1936, Harry Nelson Vinall, Joseph Charlworth Stephens, John Holmes