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 His research team, in partnership with associate professor Sakiko Okumoto at Texas A&M University, hopes to study plant mechanisms in sorghum and capitalize on its innate ability to inhibit nitrogen loss, a process known as biological nitrification inhibition (BNI). Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025 Soybean and sorghum farmers have particular reason to worry because at least half of those crops are exported and China has long been the biggest buyer. Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025 Baijiu is the world’s most popular liquor by volume, most commonly distilled from sorghum, but also from rice, wheat, corn and millet. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 If your current diet is low in whole grains, try experimenting with different sources, like quinoa, teff, sorghum, buckwheat, and barley. Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sorghum
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Noun
  • Cream Corn Shucking corn is one of the messiest kitchen tasks there is, nevertheless, Southerners persist, because cream corn is one of the most blissful summer dishes.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
  • This week, the pizzeria is phasing out springtime asparagus, introducing a juicy corn topping with poblano chile, red onion, cilantro, lime and three cheeses on one pie.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
  • Add the bark powder, which turns into DMT-laden sludge.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025

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“Sorghum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorghum. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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