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- [sawr-guh m]
- /ˈsɔr gəm/
- /ˈsɔː.ɡəm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sawr-guh m]
- /ˈsɔr gəm/
Definitions of sorghum word
- noun sorghum a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (or S. vulgare), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster. 1
- noun sorghum the syrup made from sorgo. 1
- noun sorghum cereal: type of wheat 1
- uncountable noun sorghum Sorghum is a type of corn that is grown in warm countries. Its grain can be made into flour or syrup. 0
- noun sorghum any grass of the Old World genus Sorghum, having solid stems, large flower heads, and glossy seeds: cultivated for grain, hay, and as a source of syrup 0
- noun sorghum any of a genus (Sorghum) of tropical grasses that have solid stems bearing large panicles of spikelets with numerous small, glossy grains: grown for grain, syrup, fodder, etc. 0
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Origin of sorghum
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < New Latin < Italian sorgo (see sorgo)
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Parts of speech for Sorghum
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sorghum popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sorghum usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sorghum
noun sorghum
- glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- molasses — a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
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