Definition of Sorgho

1. Noun. Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.

Exact synonyms: Sorgo, Sugar Sorghum, Sweet Sorghum
Generic synonyms: Sorghum

Definition of Sorgho

1. Noun. (obsolete) sorghum ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sorgho

1. sorgo [n -GHOS] - See also: sorgo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorgho

sorell
sorells
sorels
sorely
sorema
soremouth
soremouth virus
soremuzzle
soreness
sorenesses
sorer
sores
sorest
sorex
sorexes
sorgho (current term)
sorghos
sorghum
sorghums
sorgne
sorgo
sorgolactone
sorgolactones
sorgos
sori
soricine
soricoid
soricomorph
soricomorphs

Literary usage of Sorgho

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The plants used in this investigation belonged to a species of sorgho, called broom-corn, cultivated in America, and distinguished from the Chinese ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"THE sorgho SUCRE : A RIVAL OF THE SUGAR-CANE. We published in a former number of the Merchants' Magazine some account of this newly discovered plant, ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"... has found these coloring matters in the husks of every specie.; of the sorgho plant. M. Itier, another French chemist, in a paper recently presented to ..."

4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"... of the sorgho plant. M. Itier, another French chemist, in a paper recently presented to the French Academy states, that he is satisfied that the ..."

5. The School of Chemical Manures: Or, Elementary Principles in the Use of by Georges Ville (1872)
"Turnips, Rutabagas, Jerusalem Artichokes, sorgho, Sugar-Cane, Maize. Kilogrammes. Francs. Complete Manure No. 5 . . 1200 That is: Acid phosphate of lime . ..."

6. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1861)
"... on sorgho : Best acre of sorgho worked into Molasses $20 Second best acre of sorgho worked into Molasses 10 Best 10 pounds of Sugar made from sorgho 10 ..."

7. British Farmer's Magazine (1862)
"THE sorgho AS A FORAGE CROP. Some three years ago, when the subj ect of the Chinese and Kafir species of millet canes occupied a prominent degree of ..."

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