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