doura
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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 mountains drew farther apart, revealing in their place numerous villages, and fields of white Indian corn, doura, and sugar-cane.
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules
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
Close to the right of the front of Medinet-Abu there are trees covered with yellow flowers; beyond are fields of doura.
From The Spell of Egypt by Hichens, Robert Smythe
He stopped at the edge of a field of doura.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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