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 On the menu: ugali maize porridge made of fortified whole grain, sorghum, and high-iron beans. Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 The country, which typically buys corn, soybeans and sorghum from the U.S., has been diversifying its sources and stocking up. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024 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 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 1 Feb. 2025.

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