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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries高粱
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gāoliáng
"高粱可以用来酿造白酒。"
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A widely cultivated cereal grass native to warm regions, serving as an important source of grain, animal feed, and syrup.
"Farmers in the semi-arid region planted sorghum because it is highly drought-tolerant."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin sorghum, from Italian sorgo, ultimately from Late Latin syricum (granum) 'Syrian grain'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sorghum" is said worldwide
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sorgho
Transliteration: sorgho
"Le sorgho est une culture résistante à la sécheresse."
Sorghumhirse
Transliteration: Sorghumhirse
"Sorghumhirse wird oft als Tierfutter verwendet."
sorgo
Transliteration: sorgo
"Il sorgo è un cereale molto antico."
sorgo
Transliteration: sorgo
"El sorgo se cultiva principalmente en zonas cálidas."
sorgo
Transliteration: sorgo
"O sorgo é um grão versátil na alimentação animal."
ज्वार
Transliteration: jwar
"ज्वार एक प्रमुख मोटे अनाज की फसल है।"
高粱
Transliteration: gāoliáng
"高粱可以用来酿造白酒。"
수수
Transliteration: susu
"수수는 척박한 토양에서도 잘 자란다."
モロコシ
Transliteration: morokoshi
"モロコシは乾燥に強い作物です。"
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