doura

American  

[door-uh] / ˈdʊər ə /

Or dourah

noun

1. a variant of durra.

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doura British  

/ ˈdʊərə /

noun

1. a variant of durra

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Example Sentences

Here are observed some vineyards, and a few patches of doura.

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

Thus while the world regarded Egypt as a vast granary, her soldiers were obliged to purchase 4,000 tons of doura and 1,000 tons of barley from India and Russia on which to begin the campaign.

From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston

But the doura rises higher than the heads of the naked children who stand among it to watch you canter past.

From The Spell of Egypt by Hichens, Robert Smythe

He put out one lean, dark hand, and pulled at the heavily podded head of a doura plant.

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