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: any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis
especially
: any of various cultivars (such as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor synonym S. vulgare)
2
: syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup
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In response, some are exploring acreage shifts toward crops with more domestic demand, such as wheat or sorghum.
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Artem Milinchuk, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
March 4 China’s Ministry of Finance responded with a 15% tariff on chicken, wheat, corn and cotton, and a 10% tariff on sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 June 2025
By the fall harvest of 2015, colonies had been detected in seventeen American states, as far north as Illinois, infecting a significant portion of the country’s sorghum crop.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
My uncle would grind the stalks to extract the sap and then boil it down in a huge iron pot to make molasses (many call it sorghum syrup).
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
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Artem Milinchuk, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
March 4 China’s Ministry of Finance responded with a 15% tariff on chicken, wheat, corn and cotton, and a 10% tariff on sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 June 2025
By the fall harvest of 2015, colonies had been detected in seventeen American states, as far north as Illinois, infecting a significant portion of the country’s sorghum crop.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
My uncle would grind the stalks to extract the sap and then boil it down in a huge iron pot to make molasses (many call it sorghum syrup).
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
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sorghum
noun
sor·ghum
ˈsȯr-gəm 
1
: any of a genus of Old World tropical grasses that look like corn
especially
: one cultivated for grain, forage, or syrup
2
: syrup made from a sorghum
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