sorghum
noun
a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (orS. vulgare ), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster.
sorghums
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pluralof sorghum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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 situation in Texas was typical: there was enough storage space to hold around 140 million bushels, but three-fifths of it was already filled with 1948 wheat and grain sorghums.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its purview was broadened from grains, sorghums and flax to include rice, mill feeds, butter, eggs, potatoes and, more important, cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
But we also had oats, rice, barley, rye, buckwheat, and such local products as the grain sorghums, which are grown in the South and West.
From Food Guide for War Service at Home Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover by Florence Powdermaker
