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English Dictionary: Sorghum by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sorghum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorghum
n
  1. economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
  2. annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
    Synonym(s): genus Sorghum, Sorghum
  3. made from juice of sweet sorghum
    Synonym(s): sorghum, sorghum molasses
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.)
      (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species,
            {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass
            (see {Johnson grass}), and {S. vulgare}, the Indian
            millet (see {Indian millet}, under {Indian}).
      (b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine
            juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
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