grain sorghum

/greɪn ˌsɔrgəm/

Other forms: grain sorghums

Definitions of grain sorghum

1. noun

   any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
   types:

   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

   type of:

   sorghum

   economically important Old World tropical cereal grass