sorghum

Noun
Synonyms: genus SorghumSorghumsorghum molasses

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
  2. annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghumSynonyms: genus SorghumSorghum
  3. made from juice of sweet sorghumSynonyms: sorghum molasses
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and Sorghum vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian). (b) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. [1913 Webster]
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