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sorghum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/
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Etymology

From 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).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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).
   • 2008, Lamissa Diakité, Amadou Sidibé, Melinda Smale, Mikkel Grum, Seed Value Chains for Sorghum and Millet in Mali: A State-based System in Transition, International Food Policy Research Institute, Discussion Paper 00749, page 2, Archaeological evidence suggests that economies based on cattle, goats, sorghum, and pearl millet were established in this region between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago (Smith 1998).
   • 1978, US Department of Agriculture, Watch out for witchweed, a serious pest of corn, sorghum, and other crops, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Program Number 1212, unnumbered page, Witchweed (Striga spp.) is a parasitic plant that attacks corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, and more than 60 different species of the grass family.
   • 1936, Harry Nelson Vinall, Joseph Charlworth Stephens, John Holmes Martin, Identification, History, and Distribution of Common Sorghum Varieties, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 506, page 2, The sorghum crop has four uses — forage, grain, sirup, and industrial (such as the manufacture of brooms, wallboard, etc.).
2. (Southern-US, countable, uncountable) Sorghum syrup.

Forms

Deriveds

sorghum midge · sorghum downy mildew · sweet sorghum · sorghum whisky · sorghum syrup · sorghum molasses · sorghum rum · sorghum whiskey · yellow sorghum stunt

Hypernyms

millet

Relateds

sorgolactone

Synonyms

milo (cereal) · cholam (cereal) · durra (cereal) · jowar (cereal) · mtama (cereal) · kafir corn (cereal) · guinea corn (cereal) · juar (cereal) · kaoliang (cereal) · feterita (cereal)

Translations (92)

pa ਜਵਾਰ (cereal) · es zahína (cereal) · tyz khẩu cạ (cereal) · ff lacceeri (cereal) · ki mũhĩa (cereal) · ca melca (cereal) · fi durra (cereal) · bg двуцветно просо (cereal) · pt sorgo (cereal) · ko 수수 (cereal) · mnc ᡧᡠᡧᡠ (cereal) · fr sorgho (cereal) · pl sorgo (cereal) · ff mbayeeri (cereal) · tl batad (cereal) · nl sorgo (cereal) · da durra (cereal) · fa ذرتخوشه (cereal) · ur جوار (cereal) · ti መሸላ (cereal) · kj olulyavala (cereal) · ru со́рго (cereal) · kn ಜೋಳ (cereal) · ja ソルガム (cereal) · fa گاورس (cereal) · vi cao lương (cereal) · ja コーリャン (cereal) · he דורה (cereal) · haw kouloena (cereal) · yue 高粱粟 (cereal) · pnb جوار (cereal) · sk cirok (cereal) · fa جواری (cereal) · ml ചോളം (cereal) · it meliga (cereal) · ar ذُرَة (cereal) · dv ދޮނަޅަ (cereal) · gl sorgo (cereal) · ha dawa (cereal) · mk сирак (cereal) · uz joʻxori (cereal) · bg со́рго (cereal) · te జొన్న (cereal) · gu જુવાર (cereal) · sw mtama (cereal) · ms betari (cereal) · de Sorghum (cereal) · hu cirok (cereal) · hi ज्वार (cereal) · es sorgo (cereal) · de Sorghumhirse (cereal) · ka სორგო (cereal) · ru гаоля́н (cereal) · lv sorgo (cereal) · ja 蜀黍 (cereal) · ca sorgo (cereal) · tig ማሼላ (cereal) · mr ज्वारी (cereal) · yue 高粱 (cereal) · cmn 高粱 (cereal) · cy sorgwm (cereal) · ta சோளம் (cereal) · nmn bāhle (cereal) · am ማሽላ (cereal) · id sorgum (cereal) · el σόργο (cereal) · yi סאָרגע (cereal) · uk сорго (cereal) · hy սորգո (cereal) · la syricum (cereal) · et sorgo (cereal) · fr sorgo (cereal) · sv durra (cereal) · as জোৱাৰ (cereal) · de Durra (cereal) · ar سرغوم (cereal) · fa سورگوم (cereal) · it sorgo (cereal) · ro sorg (cereal) · ymm ambulo (cereal) · cs čirok (cereal) · sh sirak (cereal) · fvr kóróma (cereal) · it melica (cereal) · sd جوئر (cereal) · dje haamo (cereal) · no durra (cereal) · eo sorgo (cereal) · sl sirek (cereal) · tr Hint darısı (cereal) · nl sorghum (cereal) · vi mộc mạch (cereal)