KAOLIANG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kaoliang mean? 

• KAOLIANG (noun)
  The noun KAOLIANG has 1 sense:

1. sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)

  Familiarity information: KAOLIANG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAOLIANG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("kaoliang" is a kind of...):

grain sorghum (any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain)