sorghum

as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a once-popular children's book that today's tots would likely regard as tiresome sorghum

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Recent Examples of sorghum Independent and industrial farms need to adapt in other ways too, converting to drought-resistant crops like sorghum, okra, and fava beans—while taking care to rotate those and a variety of other similar crops to avoid establishing agricultural monocultures that are susceptible to disease. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024 This includes classic stone-ground Southern grits as well as whole grains like barley, farro, oats, and sorghum. Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024 Italy’s farmers are also diversifying and rotating their crops more, opting for sorghum and millet, instead of maize, for example, which helps replenish soil nutrients while also needing less water. Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 According to the General Land Office, this large piece of land along the river was being used for farming row crops such as onions, canola, sunflowers, sorghum, corn, cotton and soybeans. Woai Staff, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sorghum 

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“Sorghum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorghum. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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