sorgho
English
editEtymology
editFrom French sorgho.[1] Doublet of sorghum and sorgo.
Noun
editsorgho (uncountable)
- (obsolete) sorghum
- 1818, J. B. Henry Savigny, Alexander Correard, Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816[1]:
- It is by manuring the land, with the dung of their cattle, that the Negroes raise pretty good crops of sorgho.
References
edit- ^ “sorgho, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsorgho m (plural sorghos)
Further reading
edit- “sorgho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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