doura
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The smell of the putrefying corpses which lay around the walls and in the doura crop, together with the unhealthy climate and the filth of the town, was a fertile source of disease.
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
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
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
Isaacson let go the podded head of the doura.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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