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A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).

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  1. n. A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).
  2. n. A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
  3. n. economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
  4. n. made from juice of sweet sorghum
  5. (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian). (b) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
  6. n:100 n. economically important Old World tropical cereal grass n. made from juice of sweet sorghum