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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

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

Similar problems plague Gadaref, the eastern state where much of the country's traditional grain, sorghum, is grown.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2022

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

Cotton, wheat and grain sorghum were the crops that could be coaxed from the dry land.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2011

The two principal food items taken by crows in the winter of 1953 were grain sorghum and sunflower seed.

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

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