sorghum

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
  2. (Southern-US, countable, uncountable) Sorghum syrup.

Konzepte

Durra

Sorgho

Mohrenhirse

indische Hirse

Übersetzungen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).

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