Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sorghum"
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) 1.7 (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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