sorghumn.

Brit.

/ˈsɔːɡəm/, U.S.

/ˈsɔrɡəm/

Forms: Also 1700s sorgum.

Etymology: modern Latin, < Italian sorgo : see sorgho n.

a. The cereal plant known as Indian millet, Guinea-corn, durra, etc. ( Andropogon sorghum, also called Holcus sorghum and Sorghum vulgare).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle

millc1450

millet1548

Saracen's corn1585

sorghum1597

Guinea corn1697

whisk1757

broom-straw1785

kaffir corn1785

jowari1800

jowar1801

chicken corna1817

broom corn1819

mabela1824

cholum1858

Texas millet1858

dura1882

pearl millet1887

kaoliang1904

proso1907

milo1920

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 6 At the top..groweth a tuft or eare..like Sorghum.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 147 We had little other bread than what was made of Sorghum.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sorgum, a sort of Millet-grain.

1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3694/2 The most remarkable of the foreign species [of Holcus] is the sorghum, or Guinea-corn.

1866 D. Livingstone 6 Apr. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. i. 17 Some sorghum, sem-sem seed, gum-copal, and orchilla weed, constitute the commerce of the port.

1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. x. 193 Maize and sorghum, a fine tall cereal, which in the distance looks very like maize.

1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 11/1 Rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, and rye are most largely used [for obtaining grain alcohol].

b. The Chinese sugar cane ( Andropogon saccharatus, also called Holcus saccharatus and Sorghum saccharatum). Usually sweet sorghum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > plants yielding sugar or syrup > [noun] > sugar-cane

reeda1398

canamell?a1425

sugar cane1568

sugar1593

sugar-reed1718

plant cane1721

sorgho1760

cane1781

ribbon cane1803

riband cane1811

imphee1857

sweet sorghum1859

sweet sorgho1861

sugar-grass1862

plant1866

broom corn1886

1859 All Year Round 3 Dec. 126 The extensive cultivation of the sorghum, or Chinese sugar-cane, would give a fortune to the cultivator.

1867 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1874) 652 The Sweet Sorghum, and other cultivated races.

1884 tr. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 382 Sweet Sorghum..taller than the common sorghum and with a loose panicle.

c. With distinctive names denoting other plants belonging to this genus (see quots.).

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1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 412 S. cernuum,..Drooping Sorghum. Guinea Corn.

1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 411 Sorghum nutans,..Nodding Sorghum. Wood Grass.

2. A genus or group of grasses belonging to the tribe Andropogoneæ and including the species mentioned above; also, with a and plural, a species or variety belonging to this genus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > sorghum grasses

sorghum1842

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 266 Sorghum, a genus of grasses... The species form tall grasses with succulent stems.

1884 tr. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 380 Botanists are not agreed as to the distinction of several of the species of sorghum.

1884 tr. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 380 A good monograph on the sorghums is needed.

1895–6 Cal. Univ. Nebraska 186 New crops, particularly forage crops, and the non-saccharine sorghums.

3. U.S. A kind of molasses made from sorghum-juice.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > molasses > type of

sugar-house molasses1848

blackstrap1873

black stripe1880

sorghum1883

1883 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 269/1 Maple-sugar and sorghum are unequal to the demand.

1892 Atlantic Monthly May 664/2 Jars of lard and jugs of the inevitable ‘sorghum’ (home-made molasses) were securely tied up and buried in the woods.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as sorghum-crop, sorghum-head, sorghum-seed, sorghum sugar, etc.Also sorghum-pulling, sorghum-tugging (De Vere Americanisms 287), sorghum-evaporator, sorghum-knife, sorghum-mill, sorghum-stripper (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2246), sorghum-blight, sorghum-midge, sorghum-smut, etc.

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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Juncus The sharp or pointed Rush, with sorghum heads.

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 443/2 The necessities of the sorghum culture in the United States.

1883 Times 30 May 13 A sorghum crop..which yielded over 2,200 gallons.

1883 Science 1 234/1 Others bearing, in all but size, a most striking resemblance to sorghum-seed.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 628/1 The cultivation of sorghum sugar.

C2. In the sense ‘made of or obtained from sorghum’, as sorghum beer, sorghum flour, sorghum molasses, sorghum syrup.

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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [adjective] > millet

sorghum1864

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [adjective] > of cane sugar

sorghum1864

1864 D. A. Wells Our Burden & Strength 38 Sorghum molasses, which was not known to this country in 1850.

1865 Home News 19 Dec. 5/1 A sample of sorghum flour made of Chinese cane.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 401 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Strong vinegar can be made from sorghum sirup.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sorghum
释义	sorghumn. Brit. /ˈsɔːɡəm/, U.S. /ˈsɔrɡəm/ Forms: Also 1700s sorgum. Etymology: modern Latin, < Italian sorgo : see sorgho n. 1. a. The cereal plant known as Indian millet, Guinea-corn, durra, etc. ( Andropogon sorghum, also called Holcus sorghum and Sorghum vulgare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle millc1450 millet1548 Saracen's corn1585 sorghum1597 Guinea corn1697 whisk1757 broom-straw1785 kaffir corn1785 jowari1800 jowar1801 chicken corna1817 broom corn1819 mabela1824 cholum1858 Texas millet1858 dura1882 pearl millet1887 kaoliang1904 proso1907 milo1920 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 6 At the top..groweth a tuft or eare..like Sorghum. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 147 We had little other bread than what was made of Sorghum. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sorgum, a sort of Millet-grain. 1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3694/2 The most remarkable of the foreign species [of Holcus] is the sorghum, or Guinea-corn. 1866 D. Livingstone 6 Apr. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. i. 17 Some sorghum, sem-sem seed, gum-copal, and orchilla weed, constitute the commerce of the port. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. x. 193 Maize and sorghum, a fine tall cereal, which in the distance looks very like maize. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 11/1 Rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, and rye are most largely used [for obtaining grain alcohol]. b. The Chinese sugar cane ( Andropogon saccharatus, also called Holcus saccharatus and Sorghum saccharatum). Usually sweet sorghum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > plants yielding sugar or syrup > [noun] > sugar-cane reeda1398 canamell?a1425 sugar cane1568 sugar1593 sugar-reed1718 plant cane1721 sorgho1760 cane1781 ribbon cane1803 riband cane1811 imphee1857 sweet sorghum1859 sweet sorgho1861 sugar-grass1862 plant1866 broom corn1886 1859 All Year Round 3 Dec. 126 The extensive cultivation of the sorghum, or Chinese sugar-cane, would give a fortune to the cultivator. 1867 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1874) 652 The Sweet Sorghum, and other cultivated races. 1884 tr. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 382 Sweet Sorghum..taller than the common sorghum and with a loose panicle. c. With distinctive names denoting other plants belonging to this genus (see quots.). ΚΠ 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 412 S. cernuum,..Drooping Sorghum. Guinea Corn. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 411 Sorghum nutans,..Nodding Sorghum. Wood Grass. 2. A genus or group of grasses belonging to the tribe Andropogoneæ and including the species mentioned above; also, with a and plural, a species or variety belonging to this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > sorghum grasses sorghum1842 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 266 Sorghum, a genus of grasses... The species form tall grasses with succulent stems. 1884 tr. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 380 Botanists are not agreed as to the distinction of several of the species of sorghum. 1884 tr. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 380 A good monograph on the sorghums is needed. 1895–6 Cal. Univ. Nebraska 186 New crops, particularly forage crops, and the non-saccharine sorghums. 3. U.S. A kind of molasses made from sorghum-juice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > molasses > type of sugar-house molasses1848 blackstrap1873 black stripe1880 sorghum1883 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 269/1 Maple-sugar and sorghum are unequal to the demand. 1892 Atlantic Monthly May 664/2 Jars of lard and jugs of the inevitable ‘sorghum’ (home-made molasses) were securely tied up and buried in the woods. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as sorghum-crop, sorghum-head, sorghum-seed, sorghum sugar, etc.Also sorghum-pulling, sorghum-tugging (De Vere Americanisms 287), sorghum-evaporator, sorghum-knife, sorghum-mill, sorghum-stripper (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2246), sorghum-blight, sorghum-midge, sorghum-smut, etc. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Juncus The sharp or pointed Rush, with sorghum heads. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 443/2 The necessities of the sorghum culture in the United States. 1883 Times 30 May 13 A sorghum crop..which yielded over 2,200 gallons. 1883 Science 1 234/1 Others bearing, in all but size, a most striking resemblance to sorghum-seed. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 628/1 The cultivation of sorghum sugar. C2. In the sense ‘made of or obtained from sorghum’, as sorghum beer, sorghum flour, sorghum molasses, sorghum syrup. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [adjective] > millet sorghum1864 the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [adjective] > of cane sugar sorghum1864 1864 D. A. Wells Our Burden & Strength 38 Sorghum molasses, which was not known to this country in 1850. 1865 Home News 19 Dec. 5/1 A sample of sorghum flour made of Chinese cane. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 401 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Strong vinegar can be made from sorghum sirup. 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