(n)important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves, Syn.kaffir corn, kafir corn, Sorghum bicolor, kaffir
(n)tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land, Syn.evergreen millet, Sorghum halepense, Aleppo grass, means grass
n. [ NL., probably of Chinese origin. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and Sorghum vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian). (b) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. [ 1913 Webster ]
[こうりょうしゅ(高粱酒);コーリャンしゅ(コーリャン酒), kouryoushu ( taka ryou sake ); ko-ryan shu ( ko-ryan sake )](n) kaoliang (strong distilled Chinese alcohol made from sorghum)[Add to Longdo]