sorghum meaning

UK US /ˈsɔrɡəm/ 2 syllables

sorghum (noun): economically important Old World tropical cereal grass.

sorghum has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

sorghum as a noun

  1. economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

    Type of: millet

    Kinds: great millet, grain sorghum, sorgo, Johnson grass, broomcorn

  2. annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum

    Synonyms: genus Sorghum

    Type of: monocot genus

  3. made from juice of sweet sorghum

    Synonyms: sorghum molasses

    Type of: syrup

How to pronounce sorghum

sorghum is pronounced /ˈsɔrɡəm/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SO · words ending in UM · 7-letter words

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