sorghum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sorghum
    n 1: economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
    2: annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses:
       sorghum [syn: {genus Sorghum}, {Sorghum}]
    3: made from juice of sweet sorghum [syn: {sorghum}, {sorghum
       molasses}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species,
       {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass
       (see {Johnson grass}), and {Sorghum vulgare}, the Indian
       millet (see {Indian millet}, under {Indian}).
   (b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine
       juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
       [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorghum":
      ambrosia, artificial sweetener, blackstrap, calcium cyclamate,
      cane syrup, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cyclamates,
      edulcoration, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, maple syrup,
      molasses, nectar, saccharification, saccharin, sodium cyclamate,
      sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweetening, sweets,
      syrup, treacle
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