sorghum

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

sorgho

sorgo

maïs

🌽

tige

variété

de maïs

Synonymes

dura

millet

grain sorghum

guinea corn

syrup

broomcorn

sorghum molasses

Indian millet

treacle

rice plant

finger millet

kaoliang

nonsaccharine

sorgo

kaffir corn

bulrush millet

black amber

broom-corn

chicken corn

Kaoliang

great millet

kafir corn

Egyptian corn

Guinea corn

doura

dourah

shallu

sorgho

Arabian millet

ambercane

shatter cane

shattercane

glutinous millet

feed grains

barley

kaffircorn

bee

🐝

china clay

corn

🌽

durra

honey bee

molasses

stem

Traductions

sorgo

sorgo

sorgo

Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor

zahína

saggina

sorghum

σόργο

Durra

melca

Sorghum vulgare

Sorgho

sorgo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɔ(ɹ).ɡəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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).