What is another word for sorghum?

Pronunciation: [sˈɔːɡəm] (IPA)

Sorghum is a versatile and nutritious grain that is widely cultivated in various parts of the world. This crop is known by different names depending on the region and language. Some of the common synonyms for sorghum are great millet, Indian millet, jowar, cholam, and guinea corn. In Africa, it is also known as kafir corn, while in the USA, it is called sweet sorghum. Each of these names carries its unique cultural and historical significance. Sorghum-based dishes, such as porridge, flatbread, and beer, are part of the traditional cuisine of many cultures worldwide. Whether you call it sorghum, jowar, or any other name, this grain is a valuable source of nutrition and flavor.

What are the hypernyms for Sorghum?

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What are the hyponyms for Sorghum?

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  • hyponyms for sorghum (as nouns)

What are the holonyms for Sorghum?

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Usage examples for Sorghum

If cattle are grazed on sorghum or sorghum stubble they should at first be under constant observation and should be removed as soon as any signs of illness appear.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Conditions of drought make the sorghum especially dangerous.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
An attempt was made to manufacture sugar out of the sorghum, or sugar-cane, which was now being cultivated as an experiment; but it proved unsuccessful, and molasses made from the cane was the only sweetening.
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page

Famous quotes with Sorghum

  • Out of 30,000 edible plants thought to exist on earth, just eleven account for 93% of all that humans eat: oats, corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, yucca (also called tapioca or cassava), sorghum, millet, beans, barley, and rye.
    Daniel Levitin
  • Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Notkin's life thus far, an erotically circumscribed G.W. Pabst scholar at New York University tortured by the neurotic conviction that there are only a finite number of erections possible in the world at any one time and that his tumescence means e.g. the detumescence of some perhaps more deserving or tortured Third World sorghum farmer or something, so that whenever he tumifies he'll suffer the same order of guilt that your less eccentrically tortured Ph.D.-type person will suffer at the idea of, say, wearing baby-seal fur. Molly still takes the high-speed rail down to visit him every couple of weeks, to be there for him in case by some selfish mischance he happens to harden, prompting black waves of self-disgust and an extreme neediness for understanding and nonjudgmental love.
    David Foster Wallace
  • When you’re a kid, a rural, agriculturally-based colony town is a lot of fun to grow up in. It’s life on a farm, with goats and chickens and fields of wheat and sorghum, harvest celebrations and winter festivals. There’s not an eight- or nine-year-old kid who’s been invented who doesn’t find all of that unspeakably fun. But then you become a teenager and you start thinking about everything you might possibly want to with your life, and you look at the options available to you. And then all farms, goats and chickens—and all the same people you’ve known all your life and will know all your life—begin to look a little less than optimal for a total life experience. It’s all the same, of course. That’s the point. It’s who’s changed.
    John Scalzi

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