HyperDic: sorghum

English > 3 senses of the word sorghum / Sorghum:
NOUNplantsorghumeconomically important Old World tropical cereal grass
plantSorghum, genus Sorghumannual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses
foodsorghum, sorghum molassesmade from juice of sweet sorghum
sorghum / Sorghum > pronunciation
Soundssao'rgahm
Rhymesabolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...
English > sorghum: 3 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningeconomically important Old World tropical cereal grass.
Member ofgenus Sorghum, Sorghumannual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses
NarrowerJohnson grass, Aleppo grass, means grass, evergreen millet, Sorghum halepensetall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder
broomcorn, Sorghum vulgare technicumtall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes
grain sorghumAny of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
great millet, kaffir, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolorImportant for human and animal food
sorgo, sorgho, sweet sorghum, sugar sorghumAny of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
BroadermilletAny of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
Spanishsorghum, sorgo
Catalansorgo
English > Sorghum: 3 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningannual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum.
Synonymgenus Sorghum
Member ofGramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass familyThe grasses
Memberssorghumeconomically important Old World tropical cereal grass
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus sorghum
Catalangenus sorghum
English > sorghum: 3 senses > noun 3, food
Meaningmade from juice of sweet sorghum.
Synonymsorghum molasses
Broadersyrup, sirupA thick sweet sticky liquid / liquid
Spanishmelaza de sorgo, sorgo
Catalanmelca, sorgo

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