sorghum
Americannoun
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sorghums
plural
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a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (orS. vulgare ), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster.
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the syrup made from sorgo.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sorghum
1590–1600; < New Latin < Italian sorgo ( see sorgo)
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Corn remained supported by strong demand and tighter supplies in Brazil and the U.S., while sorghum and barley increased mainly due to spillover effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Trump is likely to push China to purchase more U.S. farm products including beef, soybeans, sorghum, and corn.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Sometimes it is possible to find sorghum or millet but on the day of filming, the kitchen manager says: "There is no flour or bread."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
For gluten-free: Use 2 cups GF baking blend and 1 cup whole GF flour of choice, like sorghum flour, plus 1 tsp baking powder.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
The same effect was suspected in sorghum, sunflower, spiderwort, lambs quarters, pigweed, and smartweed.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
To ease the pressure on prices, the Department of Agriculture canceled a July-August allocation of 6,740,000 bu. of corn for export and decided to substitute wheat, barley and grain sorghums.
From Time Magazine Archive
The current year, however, provided less crops than 1922 in wheat, rye, rice, clover seed, grain sorghums, broom corn, cranberries, peaches and pears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because of favorable weather and 47-million-ton carryover from surplus in earlier years, output of feed corn, oats, barley and grain sorghums will rise 6% to 213 million tons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Production figures given in the report included: Wheat 840,000,000 bushels Rice 38,600,000 bushels Cotton 14,486,000 bales Corn, oats, barley and grain sorghums 90,000,000 tons Tobacco 1,500,000,000 lbs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The principal land-use in the Big Blue Watershed is tilled crops, with wheat, sorghums, and corn being most important.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by W. L. Minckley
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