Sorghum

(sörgum.) (Bot.) Agen. of plants, O. Gram in acer. The inflorescence is in panicles; glumes two flowered, one neuter, the other hermaphrodite; pales of the hermaphrodite flowers bearded, of the neuter beardle . The species of Sorghum are extensively cultivated for food, particularlyS. vulgare. In Spain, Italy, and other parts of the South of Europe, as well as in Arabia and Asia Minor, the Millet or Guinea Corn occupies a place similar to that which oats and barley hold in the field-culture of this country. The flour which the round hard seeds yield is very white, and makes good bread when properly manufactured. [s. 839]