sorghum
noun/ˈsɔːɡəm/
/ˈsɔːrɡəm/
[uncountable]- very small grain grown as food in tropical countries; the plant that produces this grainTopics Farmingc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Italian sorgo, perhaps based on a variant of Latin syricum ‘Syrian’.
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