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| − | [[File:sorghumf5.jpg|thumb|Sorghum]]
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| | == Description == | | == Description == |
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| − | A cereal grass, such as ''Sorghum bicolor'' or ''Sorghum vulgare'', with broad, cornlike leaves that are native to Africa and Asia. Sorghum has been cultivated since ancient times for its grain (couscous) and as a source of syrup ([[blackstrap%20molasses|molasses]]). The tall, stiff, pithy stems have been and still are used for brooms and baskets. A reddish purple dye is extracted from the leaves and stems. Called guineense, it was used for dyeing Niger goatskins.
| + | See [[potassium binoxalate]] |
| − | [[File:Uemura 10-08-2009 338.jpg|thumb|Silk dyed with sorghum plants; Uemera Dye archive]] | + | |
| − | * See also [[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Category:Uemura_dye_archive '''Uemera Dye Archive''' (Takakibi/Morokoshi)]]
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| | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | | == Synonyms and Related Terms == |
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| − | ''Sorghum bicolor''; ''Sorghum vulgare; ''sorgo; broomcorn; milo; kafir; kaffir; durra; feterita; kaoliang; Sudan grass; sorghum guineense dye; Sorghum (Deut.); sorgo (Esp., It., Pol., Port.); zahina (Esp.); sorgho (Fr.); durra (Nor.);
| + | potassium binoxalate; potassium hydrogen oxalate; potassium acid oxalate |
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| − | ==Resources and Citations==
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| − | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 780
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| − | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
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| − | * Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)
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| − | * Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
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| − | * ''Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia'', Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
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| − | * Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
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| − | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
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