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Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum (/ˈsɔːrɡəm/) and also known as broomcorn, great millet, Indian millet, Guinea corn, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus Sorghum. It is typically an annual, but some cultivars are perennial. It grows in clumps that may reach over 4 metres (13 ft) high. The grain is 2 to 4 millimetres (0.08 to 0.2 in) in…

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Sorghum

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Triples138
Avg. degree1.99
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Sorghum

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related to Domestication · 25
Sorghum → Africa, Aksum, Around, BCE, Eastern Sudan, Egyptian Museum, Four, Gash, Horn, India, Indian, It, Italy, Kassala, Neolithic Butana Group, Predynastic Egypt, Rivers Atbara, Sahel, Southern Africa, Sudan
related to Spread · 18
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related to Description · 12
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related to Food and drink · 10
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related to International trade · 8
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related to Pests and diseases · 8
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related to Biofuel · 5
Sorghum → As, Extracted, Residuals, The, To

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Sorghumis ahost of the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica0.90text
Sorghumis aingredient used in angodic0.90text
wheatinstance ofand more distantly to the cereals of the BOP clade0.80text
barley.body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output div.cladeinstance ofand more distantly to the cereals of the BOP clade0.80text
body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.cladeinstance ofand more distantly to the cereals of the BOP clade0.80text
Aksum.SpreadIn the Middle Agesinstance of000 years ago supported the expansion of sorghum cultivation and contributed to the development of complex agricultural societies0.80text
the Arab Agricultural Revolution spread sorghuminstance of000 years ago supported the expansion of sorghum cultivation and contributed to the development of complex agricultural societies0.80text
other crops from Africainstance of000 years ago supported the expansion of sorghum cultivation and contributed to the development of complex agricultural societies0.80text
Asia across the Arab world as far as Al-Andalus in Spaininstance of000 years ago supported the expansion of sorghum cultivation and contributed to the development of complex agricultural societies0.80text
Aksuminstance of000 years ago supported the expansion of sorghum cultivation and contributed to the development of complex agricultural societies0.80text
the lesser grain borer beetleinstance ofStored sorghum grain is attacked by insect pests0.80text
Indian jōḷada roṭṭi or tortillasinstance ofor flatbreads0.80text

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