sorgho
[sawr-goh]
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sorgo
or sor·gho
[sawr-goh]
- any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
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Origin of sorgo
Also called sweet sorghum, sugar sorghum.
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The question is settled that imphee and sorgho will make good sugar in abundance.
Soil CultureJ. H. Walden
Less familiar are the grains of warmer climates—rice, maize, millet and sorgho, or the sugar-cane.
At this Escuela normal we likewise found the sorgho, or Chinese sugar-cane, in course of cultivation with great success.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume IIIKarl Ritter von Scherzer
The Sorgho requires about five months to attain its full ripeness, when it is usually of a pale-yellow colour, streaked with red.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume IIKarl Ritter von Scherzer
As to the remunerative value of the Sorgho, it is more than 230 per cent.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume IIKarl Ritter von Scherzer
sorgo
sorgho
- any of several varieties of sorghum that have watery sweet juice and are grown for fodder, silage, or syrup
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Word Origin
Italian
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