Also 8 sorgo. [a. F. sorgho or It. sorgo, also surgo, med.L. surgum, surcum, suricum (12–13th cent.), of unknown origin.] = SORGHUM (esp. 1 b).

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1760.  J. Lee, Introd. Bot., App. 317. Sorgo, Holcus.

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1862.  Ansted, Channel Isl., IV. xx. 476. It may be worth stating that the sugar grass, or sorgho, has been cultivated with success as an experimental crop.

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1868.  Watts, s.v., The glumes … and stems of sorgho contain red colouring-matters.

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1893.  Watt, Dict. Econ. Prod. Ind., VI. III. 277. The Sorgho, which is mainly cultivated on account of sugar.

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  attrib.  1862.  Miller, Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2), ii. § 1. 74. Cane Sugar … is also contained in … the ripe sorgho grass.

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  b.  Sweet sorgho, = SORGHUM 1 b.

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1861.  Bentley, Man. Bot., 697. Holcus saccharatus … is called the North China Sugar-cane or Sweet Sorgho.

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