sorghum

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sorghum

/ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/

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From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).

noun sorghums · sorgum · sourgum

countable, uncountable A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare). 1936, Harry Nelson Vinall, Joseph Charlworth Stephens, John Holmes Martin, Identification, History, and Distribution of Common Sorghum Varieties, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 506, page 2, The sorghum crop has four uses — forage, grain, sirup, and industrial (such as the manuf
Similar: guinea corn, kafir corn, mtama, durra, juar, jowar, cholam, kaoliang, milo, feterita
Southern US, countable, uncountable Sorghum syrup.

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noun cereal

Español	zahína, sorgo
한국어	수수 susu
日本語	蜀黍 morokoshi, コーリャン kōryan, ソルガム sorugamu
中文	高粱 gāoliáng
हिन्दी	ज्वार jvār
Kiswahili	mtama
Português	sorgo
Français	sorgho, sorgo
Deutsch	Sorghum, Durra, Sorghumhirse
Italiano	sorgo, meliga, melica
Ελληνικά	σόργο sórgo
Română	sorg
Русский	со́рго sórgo, гаоля́н gaolján
Tiếng Việt	mộc mạch, cao lương
العربية	ذُرَة ḏura, سرغوم
עברית	דורה dúra

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@misc{sorghum_2026,
  title = {sorghum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sorghum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}