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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 go
economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

grain sorghum
any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain

noun.plant

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Indian millet, durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn go
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
feterita, federita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum go
a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
hegari go
Sudanese sorghums having white seeds
kaoliang go
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 go
small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
shallu, Sorghum vulgare rosburghii go
sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains