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Sorghum
sorghum
noun Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain Date: 1597 1. any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to Indian corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis; especially any of various cultivars (as grain ~ or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor syn. S. vulgare) 2. syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup 3. something cloyingly sentimental
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n. any tropical cereal grass of the genus Sorghum, e.g. durra. Etymology: mod.L f. It. sorgo, perh. f. unrecorded Rmc syricum (gramen) Syrian (grass) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сорго (Sorghum); сорго обыкновенное (Sorghum vulgare) – double-grained sorghum – grain sorghum – saccharine sorghum – sweet sorghum ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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5.
Sorghum is a type of corn that is grown in warm countries. Its grain can be made into flour or syrup. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1597, from Mod.L. Sorghum, the genus name, from It. sorgo "a tall cereal grass," probably from M.L. surgum, perhaps a variant of L. syricum "Syrian," from Syria, a possible source of the plant or its grain in ancient times. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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