#sorghum economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
supertype: #millet any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
member of: #genus_Sorghum
subtype: #great_millet__greatmillet__kaffir__kafir_corn__kafircorn__kaffir_corn__Sorghum_bicolor important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
subtype: #grain_sorghum__grainsorghum any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
subtype: #durra__doura__dourah__Egyptian_corn__Indian_millet__Guinea_corn sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
subtype: #feterita__federita__Sorghum_vulgare_caudatum a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
subtype: #hegari Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States
subtype: #kaoliang sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)
subtype: #milo_maize__milo small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
subtype: #shallu__Sorghum_vulgare_rosburghii sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India
subtype: #sorgo__sorgho__sweet_sorghum__sweetsorghum__sugar_sorghum__sugarsorghum any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
subtype: #Johnson_grass__Aleppa_grass__means_grass__meansgras__evergreen_millet__evergreenmillet__Sorghum_halepense__Sorghum_halapense tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land
subtype: #broomcorn__Sorghum_vulgare_technicum tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes
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