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  • noun Alternative spelling of sorghum.

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Examples

  • - From Fog and Steel by Madoc Comadrin Embers Falling on Dry Grass Prologue The sun, climbing toward midmorning, stretched Galad's shadow and those of his three armored companions ahead of them as they trotted their mounts down the road that ran straight through the forest, dense with oak and leatherleaf, pine and sourgum, most showing the red of spring growth.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • The thick carpet of dead sourgum leaves crackled as she seated herself near Elayne.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • The old sickhouse was even more ramshackle than he remembered, a sprawling single story that leaned drunkenly, half the rooms open to the sky, a forty-foot sourgum tree poking up from one.

    The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992

  • We notice that Berkeley is planting upland tupelo sourgum lately, and its architecture and color are on display now.

    SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010

  • We notice that Berkeley is planting upland tupelo (sourgum) lately, and its architecture and color are on display now.

    SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010

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