grain sorghum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grain sorghum
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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People grow the cereal grain sorghum and pearl millet, crops that are drought resistant and offer a chance at harvests, but even they failed to withstand the conditions this year.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
People will adapt over time, even if temperatures are increasing, said Manuel Gabriel Ortega, 39, who grows cotton, grain sorghum and sugar cane.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 23, 2018
They will instead grow wheat, cotton or grain sorghum on dry land, which depends completely on natural precipitation in an area that typically gets 20 inches of rain a year or less.
From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2012
Cotton, wheat and grain sorghum were the crops that could be coaxed from the dry land.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2011
Growers of grain sorghum and, locally, growers of corn and watermelons, sustain serious damage from crows.
From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Platt, Dwight
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