Sorghum

See also: sorghum

Translingual

Sorghum leiocladum

Etymology

Proper noun

Sorghum n

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the sorghums, including important food crop species.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Sacchareae - tribe; Sorghinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Sorghum bicolor (type species)
- Sorghum amplum, Sorghum angustum, Sorghum arunidinaceum, Sorghum brachypodum, Sorghum bulbosum, Sorghum burmahicum, Sorghum controversum, Sorghum ecarinatum, Sorghum exstans, Sorghum grande, Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass), Sorghum interjectum, Sorghum intrans, Sorghum laxiflorum, Sorghum leiocladum, Sorghum macrospermum, Sorghum matarankense, Sorghum miliaceum, Sorghum nitidum, Sorghum plumosum, Sorghum propinquum, Sorghum purpureosericeum, Sorghum stipoideum, Sorghum timorense, Sorghum trichocladum, Sorghum versicolor, Sorghum virgatum (other species)
- Sorghum x almum, Sorghum x drummondii, Sorghum x randolphianum (nothospecies)

Further reading

Sorghum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sorghum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sorghum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sorghum on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Sorghum at Encyclopedia of Life
Sorghum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Sorghum at USDA Plants database
Sorghum at The Plant List

German

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Noun

Sorghum n (genitive Sorghums, plural Sorghume)

(botany) sorghum (a kind of plant by genus)
Synonym: Sorghumhirse

Hypernym: Süßgras

Further reading

Sorghum in Duden online

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