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doura

American  
[door-uh] / ˈdʊər ə /
Or dourah

noun

  1. a variant of durra.


doura British  
/ ˈdʊərə /

noun

  1. a variant of durra

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Example Sentences

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He stopped at the edge of a field of doura.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe

He saw the brakes of sugar-cane waving, the tall doura swaying in the breeze, where only the sands had been.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe

The peasants in their gay-coloured clothing are ploughing the rich, red-brown soil for the late crop of doura.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Van Dyke, Henry

Here and there the miniature forests of doura stood up almost still in the sunshine.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe

And the silence, broken only by the faint rustle of the doura, was startling, was almost dreadful.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe