Durra Definition

dyo͝orə
noun
A variety of grain-producing sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) widely grown in Asia and Africa.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Durra

  • Arabic ḏura grain ḏrw in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic

    From Wiktionary

Durra Sentence Examples

  • Besides coffee there is a large trade in durra, the kat plant (used by the Mahommedans as a drug), ghee, cattle, mules and camels, skins and hides, ivory and gums. The import trade is largely in cotton goods, but every kind of merchandise is included.

  • The soil, mainly alluvial, is naturally very fertile, and wherever cultivated yields abundant crops, durra being the principal grain grown.

  • Wheat and barley were the chief crops, and another plant, perhaps identical with the durra, i.e.

  • White durra of excellent quality is raised.

  • The riverain population is largely engaged in agriculture, the chief crops cultivated being durra, barley, wheat and cotton.

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Words Starting With

DDUDUR

Words Ending With

ARARRA

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Words Starting With D and Ending With A

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