different between sorghum vs mwenge

English

Alternative forms

• sourgum, sorgum, sorgho

Etymology

From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from S?ricus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?(?).??m/

Noun

sorghum (countable and uncountable, plural sorghums)

1. A cereal, Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare) the grains of which are used to make flour and as cattle feed.
   • 1936, Harry Nelson Vinall, Joseph Charlworth Stephens, John Holmes Martin, Identification, History, and Distribution of Common Sorghum Varieties, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 506, page 2,

     The sorghum crop has four uses — forage, grain, sirup, and industrial (such as the manufacture of brooms, wallboard, etc.).

   • 1978, US Department of Agriculture, Watch out for witchweed, a serious pest of corn, sorghum, and other crops, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Program Number 1212, unnumbered page,

     Witchweed (Striga spp.) is a parasitic plant that attacks corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, and more than 60 different species of the grass family.

   • 2008, Lamissa Diakité, Amadou Sidibé, Melinda Smale, Mikkel Grum, Seed Value Chains for Sorghum and Millet in Mali: A State-based System in Transition, International Food Policy Research Institute, Discussion Paper 00749, page 2,

     Archaeological evidence suggests that economies based on cattle, goats, sorghum, and pearl millet were established in this region between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago (Smith 1998).

2. (Southern US) Sorghum syrup.

Synonyms

• (cereal): guinea corn (West Africa); Kafir corn (South Africa); mtama (East Africa); durra (Sudan); juar, jowar, cholam (India); kaoliang (China); milo (United States)

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

• sorghum midge (Stenodiplosis sorghicola)
• sorghum syrup, sorghum molasses

Related terms

• sorgolactone

Translations

Further reading

• sorghum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Luganda omwenge.

Noun

mwenge (uncountable)

1. An alcoholic drink of Uganda, made with fermented bananas and sorghum.

Bemba

Noun

mwenge 3

1. A species of tree, Diplorhynchus mossambicensis.

Maore Comorian

Noun

mwenge 3 (plural menge 4)

1. electricity
2. light

References

• “mwenge” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Pohnpeian

Noun

mwenge

1. food

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

mwenge (m-mi class, plural mienge)

1. (flaming) torch, firebrand