noun
sorghum
SOR-gum/ˈsɔːrɡəm/
A cultivated cereal grass yielding grain and sweet stalk juice.
Dense grain panicles rise above the tall stalks and arching leaves of the sorghum.
Etymology
Italian sorgo already named this cereal grass. Its proposed connection with “Syrian grass” is uncertain; that name could reflect a source of supplies to Italy rather than the crop’s origin.
In context
I have planted some sudan grass sorghum. I planted late because the we waited for the soil temperature to rise.
More examples
- Sorghum grows well in hot weather with little rain.
- Workers press sweet sorghum stalks to extract juice for syrup.
- The mill grinds sorghum grain into flour.
Forms
sorghum · sorghums