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sweet 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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sor·go also sor·gho   (sôr'gō)   
n.   pl. sor·gos also sor·ghos
Any of various sorghums that are cultivated as a source of syrup. Also called sweet sorghum.

[Italian; see sorghum.]
sweet sorghum  
n.  See sorgo.
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