sorghum

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
  2. noun annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
  3. noun made from juice of sweet sorghum

Etymology

From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).

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