Synonyms for sorghum
ˈsɔr gəmsorghum

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sorghumnoun

   Synonyms:
   juar, durra, jowar, guinea corn, cholam, mtama, Kafir corn, kaoliang, milo

2. sorghumnoun

   A cereal, Sorghum vulgare or Sorghum bicolor, the grains of which are used to make flour and as cattle feed.

   Synonyms:
   milo, jowar, durra, guinea corn, cholam, juar, kaoliang, mtama, Kafir corn

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. sorghumnoun

   economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

   Synonyms:
   sorghum molasses, genus Sorghum

2. genus Sorghum, Sorghumnoun

   annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum

   Synonyms:
   sorghum molasses, genus Sorghum

3. sorghum, sorghum molassesnoun

   made from juice of sweet sorghum

   Synonyms:
   sorghum molasses, genus Sorghum

Matched Categories

1. • Millet
   • Monocot Genus
   • Syrup

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sorghumnoun

   Synonyms:
   chinese sugar-cane

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "sorghum":

   millet

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1. Ole Houe:

   Now they are showing goodwill by halting its anti-dumping investigation into sorghum imports, but it is a cheap way of showing goodwill as the U.S. doesn't have much sorghum left to export. The next U.S. sorghum crop will be harvested in August.

2. Sara Haas:

   Intact whole grains that still have the outer layer [the bran], such as farro, freekeh, sorghum, and wheat berries, should be soaked in water overnight to help release the phytates, but this doesn't apply to semi-refined or unhulled types like pearled barley or instant oats.

3. Bongkiyung Emmanuel Nyuyki:

   The main agricultural products – maize, groundnuts, millet, sorghum and rice – suffer enormously due to their high dependence on rainfall. The June 15 deadline for (starting) farming has been unreliable with early as well as late onset of the planting season year in and year out.

4. Phin Ziebell:

   The weather is not good news for summer grain crops such as sorghum, many east coast farmers are still reeling from the winter wheat crops, which suffered from recent drought.

5. Phillip Tshuma:

   Millet and sorghum are the crops for survival in this time of drought, farmers have to work hard to survive - it is not magic.