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sourgum

sourgum is the alternative spelling of sorghum.

Meaning of sorghum

Noun

sorghum (countable and uncountable, plural sorghums)

  1. A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
    • The sorghum crop has four uses — forage, grain, sirup, and industrial (such as the manufacture of brooms, wallboard, etc.).1936, Harry Nelson Vinall, Joseph Charlworth Stephens, John Holmes Martin, Identification, History, and Distribution of Common Sorghum Varieties, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No....
  2. (Southern US) Sorghum syrup.

Forms of sourgum

pluralsourgums

Questions about sourgum

What is sourgum the alternative spelling of?
Sourgum is the alternative spelling of sorghum.

Words near sourgum in the dictionary

  1. sourfaced
  2. sourfaux
  3. sourful
  4. sourgrass
  5. sourgrasses
  6. sourgum
  7. sourgums
  8. sourhead
  9. sourheads
  10. sourhearted
  11. Souriau

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