sorghum - economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

doura, dourah, durra, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet - sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa

federita, feterita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum - a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains

hegari - Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States

kaoliang - 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 - small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains

shallu, Sorghum vulgare rosburghii - sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India