Sorghum

See also: sorghum

Translingual

Sorghum leiocladum

Etymology

A New Latin form of Italian sorgo.

Proper noun

Sorghum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – 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 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)

1. sorghum (a kind of plant by genus)

   Synonym: Sorghumhirse

   Hypernym: Süßgras

Further reading

• “Sorghum” in Duden online
• “Sorghum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache