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sorgo

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 19.06.2025

Meanings

1
troopikas ja lähistroopikas kasvav kõrge kõrreline rohttaim, mida kasutatakse toiduks ja loomasöödaks, samuti käsitööesemete valmistamiseks

Translations

Usage examples
  • Sorgo talub hästi nii vihmast kui ka põuast kliimat.
1.1
selle taime vili, sorgoterad
Usage examples
  • Sorgost tehakse tehaseõlut ja koduõlut.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 704626 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain crops
sorgo preferred
  • Sorgo ehk harilik sorgo (Sorghum vulgare) on väga kõrgekasvuline üheaastane kõrreline teravili ja söödataim.
  • tall, coarse annual (Sorghum vulgare) of the family Gramineae (grass family), somewhat similar in appearance to corn (but having the grain in a panicle rather than an ear) and used for much the same purposes... Its innumerable varieties are generally classified as the sweet sorghums or sorgos, yielding sorghum syrups and molasses from the cane juice; the broomcorns, yielding a fiber from the inflorescence that is used for making brooms; the grass sorghums (e.g., Sudan grass), used for pasture and hay; and the grain sorghums, e.g., durra, feterita, kaffir or kaffir corn, kaoliang, milo or milo maize, and shallu.
Good to know
  • LA: Sorghum bicolor [1553]; Sorghum vulgare [1553] - harilik sorgo [1553]
sorgo preferred
Usage examples
  • sorgo Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench s.l. seemned
  • Eri otstarbel ja eri paigus kasvatatakse mitmeid sorgo perekonda kuuluvaid liike. Harilikule sorgole lisaks on viljelemisel veel näiteks džugaraa ehk longus sorgo (Sorghum cernuum), gaoljan ehk hiina sorgo (Sorghum nervosum), durra ehk aafrika sorgo (Sorghum durra).
sorghum
Usage examples
  • grains of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench s.l.

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 698245 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain crops
terasorgo preferred
  • (including dari or doura; also known as large African or Indian millet) the grain is round and rather large,and varies in colour between white and yellow
terasorgo preferred
Usage examples
  • Terasorgo arvatakse pärit olevat Ekvatoriaal-Aafrikast, suhkrusorgo aga Ida-Aasiast.
sorgo
grain sorghum
Usage examples
  • Sorghum... Its innumerable varieties are generally classified as the sweet sorghums or sorgos, yielding sorghum syrups and molasses from the cane juice; the broomcorns, yielding a fiber from the inflorescence that is used for making brooms; the grass sorghums (e.g., Sudan grass), used for pasture and hay; and the grain sorghums, e.g., durra, feterita, kaffir or kaffir corn, kaoliang, milo or milo maize, and shallu.
  • The intervention price valid for maize and grain sorghum in May shall remain valid in July, August and September of the following marketing year.

Botaanika terminibaas

ID 1129556 Last modified 04.01.2025
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Domain taxonomyclassified botany
sorgo

Word forms

Inflection Type 16

sorgo sorgod
sorgo sorgode
sorgot sorgosid

Etymology

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  • sorgo Itaalia sõnale sorgo vastab keskaja ladina sõna surgum, mis võib olla variant ladina sõnast syricum (kohanimest Syria ’Süüria’ moodustatud omadussõna kesksoo vorm). Selle tõlgenduse järgi oleks sorgo etümoloogiline tähendus 'Süüriast pärit vili'
    • Sorgho 'sorgo'
      • sorgo 'sorgo'

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