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sugar sorghum

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sor⋅go

[sawr-goh]
–noun, plural -gos.
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
Also, sorgho.


Origin:
1750–60; < It < VL *syricum (granum) Syrian (grain), neut. of L Syricus (masc.) of Syria; see -ic
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sugar sorghum

noun
any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup [syn: sorgo
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