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sorghum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sorghum  \Sor"ghum\,  n.  [NL.,  probably  of  Chinese  origin.]  (Bot.) 
  a  A  genus  of  grasses,  properly  limited  to  two  species, 
  {Sorghum  Halepense},  the  Arabian  millet,  or  Johnson  grass 
  (see  {Johnson  grass}),  and  {S.  vulgare},  the  Indian 
  millet  (see  {Indian  millet},  under  {Indian}). 
  b  A  variety  of  {Sorghum  vulgare},  grown  for  its  saccharine 
  juice;  the  Chinese  sugar  cane. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sorghum 
  n  1:  economically  important  Old  World  tropical  cereal  grass 
  2:  made  from  juice  of  sweet  sorghum  [syn:  {sorghum  molasses}] 




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