Definitions for sorgho

sorgho sor·gho

Spelling: [sawr-goh]
IPA: /ˈsɔr goʊ/

Sorgho is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in sorgho (ghoors).

Definitions for sorgho

noun

  1. sorgo.
  2. any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.

Origin of sorgho

1750-60; Italian Vulgar Latin *syricum (granum) Syrian (grain), neuter of Latin Syricus (masculine) of Syria; see -ic

Examples for sorgho

At this Escuela normal we likewise found the sorgho, or Chinese sugar-cane, in course of cultivation with great success.

Less familiar are the grains of warmer climates—rice, maize, millet and sorgho, or the sugar-cane.

The question is settled that imphee and sorgho will make good sugar in abundance.

We were shown samples of refined sugar, extracted from the sorgho, which promised the best results.

The sorgho requires about five months to attain its full ripeness, when it is usually of a pale-yellow colour, streaked with red.

As to the remunerative value of the sorgho, it is more than 230 per cent.

Word Value for sorgho
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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