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Sorghum
Sor′ghum
,Noun.
[NL., probably of Chinese origin.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species,
Sorghum Halepense
, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass
), and Sorghum vulgare
, the Indian millet (see Indian millet
, under Indian
). (b)
A variety of
Sorghum vulgare
, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.