kaoliang

[ kou-lee-ang ]
/ ˌkaʊ liˈæŋ /

noun

a variety of grain sorghum.
a liquor made from kaoliang stalks.

Origin of kaoliang

< Chinese (Wade-Giles) kao1liang 2, (pinyin) gāoliang ( gāo high + liáng millet)

Words nearby kaoliang

kanuri, kanzu, kao tsu, kaohsiung, kaolack, kaoliang, kaolin, kaolinite, kaolinize, kaolinosis, kaon

Example sentences from the Web for kaoliang

  • From out of the kaoliang the boy now peered, his brown face hardly distinguishable from the soil.

    Wang the Ninth |Putnam Weale

British Dictionary definitions for kaoliang

kaoliang
/ (ˌkeɪəʊlɪˈæŋ) /

noun

any of various E Asian varieties of the sorghum Sorghum vulgare

Word Origin for kaoliang

from Chinese kao tall + liang grain