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sorghum
| sorghum bicolor
| sorghum halapense
| sorghum halepense
| sorghum molasses
| sorghum vulgare caudatum
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sorghum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sorghum has 3 senses
- sorghum(n = noun.plant) Array - economically important Old World tropical cereal grass; Array is a kind of millet
- sorghum(n = noun.plant) genus sorghum - annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum; Array is a kind of liliopsid genus, monocot genus
- sorghum(n = noun.food) sorghum molasses - made from juice of sweet sorghum; Array is a kind of sirup, syrup
is a member of genus sorghum, sorghum
has particulars: great millet, kaffir, kaffir corn, kafir corn, sorghum bicolor, grain sorghum, sorgho, sorgo, sugar sorghum, sweet sorghum, aleppo grass, evergreen millet, johnson grass, means grass, sorghum halepense, broomcorn, sorghum vulgare technicum
is a member of family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
sorghum, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.].
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). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sorghum, n. any tropical cereal grass of the genus Sorghum, e.g. durra.
Etymology
mod.L f. It. sorgo, perh. f. unrecorded Rmc syricum (gramen) Syrian (grass)
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sorghum
ambrosia, artificial sweetener, blackstrap, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cyclamates, edulcoration, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, maple syrup, molasses, nectar, saccharification, saccharin, sodium cyclamate, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweetening, sweets, syrup, treacleROGET THESAURUS
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Sweetness
N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.
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