sorghum

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

sor·ghum /ˈsɔːɡəm $ ˈsɔːr-/ noun [uncountable] DFHBPa type of grain that is grown in tropical areas 高粱

Examples from the Corpus

sorghum• The road cut through a vast cropland, with waist-high corn and sorghum nearby and waves of golden millet in the distance.• On the land On about 20 acres a few miles from the farmstead grow the sunflower and sorghum used in Pipestem gifts.• Staple food crops are maize, sorghum and wheat.• In the surrounding fields, men and women harvest maize, sorghum and groundnuts.• Reduced to one small plate of sorghum a day, all her children are suffering from diarrhoea.• But preliminary investigation by infrared spectroscopy of the lipids in the sorghum grains suggest the possibility of some cultivation.Origin sorghum (1500-1600) Modern Latin Italian sorgo “sorghum plant”

sor·ghum nounChineseSyllable

Corpus of a tropical in that is grown grain type

sorghum
sor‧ghum /ˈsɔːɡəm $ ˈsɔːr-/

noun [uncountable]

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Italian sorgo 'sorghum plant'

a type of grain that is grown in tropical areas

sor·ghum

BrE

/ˈsɔːɡəm/

NAmE

/ˈsɔːrɡəm/

noun

[uncountable]

very small grain grown as food in tropical countries; the plant that produces this grain 高粱；高粱米