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sorgho

sorgho noun: sorghum.

Noun

sorgho (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sorghum
    • It is by manuring the land, with the dung of their cattle, that the Negroes raise pretty good crops of sorgho.1818, J. B. Henry Savigny, Alexander Correard, Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816

Origin of sorgho

From French sorgho. Doublet of sorghum and sorgo.

Questions about sorgho

What does sorgho mean?
Sorgho means sorghum.
What part of speech is sorgho?
Sorgho is a noun.

Words near sorgho in the dictionary

  1. Soreys
  2. sORF
  3. sORFs
  4. Sorg
  5. sorghin
  6. sorgho
  7. sorghorubin
  8. sorghum
  9. sorghum downy mildew
  10. sorghum midge
  11. sorghum midges

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