Meanings
nounsorgho (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountablesorghum
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
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Origin
- Frenchsorgho
- Englishsorgho
From French sorgho. Doublet of sorghum and sorgo.
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sorgho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorgho
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“sorgho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorgho. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sorgho,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorgho.
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