durra

or dou·ra, dou·rah

[ door-uh ]

/ ˈdʊər ə /

noun

a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.

Also called Indian millet, Guinea corn.

Origin of durra

1790–1800; <Arabic dhura(h)

Words nearby durra

duro, Duroc, Durocher, durometer, Duroziez symptom, durra, Durrell, Dürrenmatt, Durrës, durrie, durry

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Example sentences from the Web for durra

Their route lay due east, at first through fields of durra, (a sort of grain,) afterwards through forests of saplings.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 431, September 1851|Various
These are still cultivated, and maize and durra have been added.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
The better classes used bread made from wheat while the poorer people used cakes of barley or durra flour.
The Historical Child|Oscar Chrisman
"I—I can lead a Durra on the house," said Lukshmun hesitatingly.
Tara|Philip Meadows Taylor

The durra was usually sown about April, as an after-crop when the wheat and the barley had been cut and taken off the ground.
The Historical Child|Oscar Chrisman

British Dictionary definitions for durra

durra

doura or dourah (ˈdʊərə)

/ (ˈdʌrə) /

noun

an Old World variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare durra, with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodderAlso called: Guinea corn, Indian millet

Word Origin for durra

C18: from Arabic dhurah grain

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单词	durra
释义	durra or dou·ra, dou·rah [ door-uh ] / ˈdʊər ə / noun a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S. Also called Indian millet, Guinea corn. Origin of durra 1790–1800; <Arabic dhura(h) Words nearby durra duro, Duroc, Durocher, durometer, Duroziez symptom, durra, Durrell, Dürrenmatt, Durrës, durrie, durry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for durra Their route lay due east, at first through fields of durra, (a sort of grain,) afterwards through forests of saplings. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 431, September 1851\|Various These are still cultivated, and maize and durra have been added. The World and Its People: Book VII\|Anna B. Badlam The better classes used bread made from wheat while the poorer people used cakes of barley or durra flour. The Historical Child\|Oscar Chrisman "I—I can lead a Durra on the house," said Lukshmun hesitatingly. Tara\|Philip Meadows Taylor The durra was usually sown about April, as an after-crop when the wheat and the barley had been cut and taken off the ground. The Historical Child\|Oscar Chrisman British Dictionary definitions for durra durra doura or dourah (ˈdʊərə) / (ˈdʌrə) / noun an Old World variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare durra, with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodderAlso called: Guinea corn, Indian millet Word Origin for durra C18: from Arabic dhurah grain Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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