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

Creeping forward through the high doura, they were able to get within 300 yards of the enclosures.

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

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

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

Isaacson let go the podded head of the doura.

From Bella Donna A Novel 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