Definition of Sorgo

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

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

Definition of Sorgo

1. n. Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum.

Definition of Sorgo

1. a variety of sorghum [n -GOS]

Medical Definition of Sorgo

1. Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum. Origin: Cf. It. Sorgo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorgo

soremouth virus
soremuzzle
soreness
sorenesses
sorer
sores
sorest
sorex
sorexes
sorgho
sorghos
sorghum
sorghums
sorgne
sorgo (current term)
sorgolactone
sorgolactones
sorgos
sori
soricine
soricoid
soricomorph
soricomorphs
sorie
soring
sorings
sorites
soritic
soritical

Literary usage of Sorgo

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

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"sorgo BREEDING AT THE BELLEFOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM. In 1908 the writer obtained some of the bulk seed of the South Dakota No. 341 stock from the Highmore ..."

2. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"The sorgo cane is tall and slender, distances between nodes nearly uniform ... Early sorgo, a variety or rather a class of canes designated by this name, ..."

3. Agricultural Meteorology: The Effect of Weather on Crops by John Warren Smith (1920)
"sorgo has a much deeper root system than millet and can use water from a lower depth. This crop can cease to grow during a dry spell and when a good rain ..."

4. Contributions by Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1922)
"MYCOLOGIA Freed sorgo, were infected to a greater or less extent. ... and somewhat higher percentages of infection in certain varieties of sorgo. ..."

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