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
Near Sublette, Kansas, farmer Gail Wright said he would probably give up irrigating two square miles of his land and would plant wheat and grain sorghum instead of corn because of the diminishing aquifer.
From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2012
Almost half of the property's 1,800 acres are given over to cotton production, the rest is divided between grain sorghum, wheat, seed crops and livestock.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2011
Wheat is the food taken in greatest amount in the yearly average, but the staple foods of the wintering crows are grain sorghum, sunflower seeds, and corn.
From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Dwight Platt
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