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grain sorghum

DEFINITIONS OF: grain sorghum

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n any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain

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Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet, doura, dourah, durra
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
Sorghum vulgare caudatum, federita, feterita
a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
hegari
Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States
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)
milo, milo maize
small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
Sorghum vulgare rosburghii, shallu
sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India
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sorghum
economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
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