Meaning

noun economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

noun annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum

noun made from juice of sweet sorghum

originFrom New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).

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