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sor•go  (sôr′gō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gos. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
Also, sorgho. Also called sweet sorghum, sugar sorghum. 
  • Vulgar Latin *syricum (granum) Syrian (grain), neuter of Latin Syricus (masculine) of Syria; see -ic
  • Italian
  • 1750–60

'sorgo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
red rot - sorgho - sorghum - sugar sorghum - sweet sorghum

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