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Sorghum bicolor, great millet, kaffir, kaffir corn, kafir corn
important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
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grain sorghum
any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
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sorgho, sorgo, sugar sorghum, sweet sorghum
any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
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Aleppo grass, Johnson grass, Sorghum halepense, evergreen millet, means grass
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
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Sorghum vulgare technicum, broomcorn
tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes
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Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet, doura, dourah, durra
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
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Sorghum vulgare caudatum, federita, feterita
a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
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hegari
Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States
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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)
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milo, milo maize
small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
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Sorghum vulgare rosburghii, shallu
sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India
