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sorghum

sor.ghum \'so.r-g*m\ n [NL, genus name, fr. It sorgo] 1: any of an 
   economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World trop ical grasses 
   similar to Indian corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy 
   rachis; esp : a cultivated plant (as a grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from 
   a common species (S. vulgare) 2: syrup from the juice of a sorgo that 
   resembles cane syrup but containes  much invert sugar 3: something 
   cloyingly sentimental