Definitions for Sorghum

Sorghum sor·ghum

Spelling: [sawr-guh m]
IPA: /ˈsɔr gəm/

Sorghum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in Sorghum (ghmorsu).

Definitions for Sorghum

noun

  1. a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (or S. vulgare), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster.
  2. the syrup made from sorgo.

Origin of Sorghum

1590-1600; New Latin Italian sorgo (see sorgo)

Examples for Sorghum

Between the rows of fruit trees are vegetables or corn or sorghum.

"I think we will locate them in the sorghum patch," said the Major.

The family had been living on corncakes and sorghum molasses for three days.

sorghum syrup is actually a juice extract collected from a tall grass called sweet sorghum.

That was where he raised most of his corn and shoats, and lots of sorghum cane.

Whiskey and vodka are also loosely classified as such, but the base of baijiu is sorghum.

sorghum requires less water than corn but yields about the same amount of ethanol per bushel.

“Hit's the fourth time since sorghum time,” the boy went on relentlessly.

sorghum juice can be extracted for fermentation and distillation without damaging the grain at the top of the stalk.

The agency is expected to approve the use of sorghum for ethanol production.

Word Value for Sorghum
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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