Sorghum
See also: sorghum
Translingual
Sorghum leiocladum
Etymology
A New Latin form of Italian sorgo.
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)
References
Sorghum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sorghum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Sorghum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Sorghum at 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 (strong, genitive Sorghums, plural Sorghume)
- sorghum (a kind of plant by genus)
- Synonym: Sorghumhirse
- Hypernym: Süßgras
Further reading
- “Sorghum” in Duden online
- “Sorghum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache