sorghum
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gəm noun
1.
a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (or S. vulgare ), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster.
2.
the syrup made from sorgo.
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| —n | |
| See also durra any grass of the Old World genus Sorghum, having solid stems, large flower heads, and glossy seeds: cultivated for grain, hay, and as a source of syrup | |
| [C16: from New Latin, from Italian sorgo, probably from Vulgar Latin Syricum grānum (unattested) Syrian grain] | |
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Sorghum
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sorghum
1597, "Indian millet," from Mod.L. Sorghum, the genus name, from It. sorgo "a tall cereal grass," probably from M.L. surgum, suricum (12c.), perhaps a variant of L. syricum "Syrian," as in Syricum (gramen) "(grass) of Syria," from Syria, a possible source of the plant or its grain in ancient times.
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Example sentences
Sorghum ergot mainly threatens hybrid sorghum seed crops.
They were crafted of sorghum stalks, light brown with dark flecks.
That's the conclusion of scientists who discovered evidence of the grain sorghum on hundred-thousand-year-old stone tools.
Sorghum is an ancient, drought resistant cereal grain grown around the world.
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