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KAOLIANG
kaoliang
(noun) sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kaoliang (countable and uncountable, plural kaoliangs)
A sorghum-based variety of baijiu.
Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.
Hypernyms
• (liquor): baijiu
Source: Wiktionary
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