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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

plant, flora, plant life go
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

herb, herbaceous plant go
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem

gramineous plant, graminaceous plant go
cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves

grass go
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns

cereal, cereal grass go
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat

millet go
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine

sorghum
economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

noun.plant

5 Subcategories

kaffir, great millet, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor go
important for human and animal food
grain sorghum go
any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
sorgo, sorgho, sweet sorghum, sugar sorghum go
any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, means grass, evergreen millet, Sorghum halepense go
tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder
broomcorn, Sorghum vulgare technicum go
tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes