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grain sorghum

American  

noun

  1. any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.


Etymology

Origin of grain sorghum

First recorded in 1915–20


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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

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

The grain sorghum crop is vulnerable to damage by crows and it is ripening in the autumn as the crow population is building up.

From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Dwight Platt

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