durra

American  

[door-uh] / ˈdʊər ə /

Or doura,

noun

1. a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.

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durra British  

/ ˈdʌrə, ˈdʊərə /

noun

1. Also called: Guinea corn.   Indian millet.  an Old World variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare durra, with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodder

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Etymology

Origin of durra

1790–1800; < Arabic dhura ( h )

Example Sentences

Government spokesman Benjamin said at the time that more than half of the missing funds were from the country's so-called "durra" scandal, in which a large government purchase of sorghum was allegedly never distributed.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2013

Meanwhile, the four captives survive mainly on a sour porridge called durra, the staple of the region.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crops mostly cultivated are sorghum, tobacco, sesame and durra.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

They all consumed 120 ephas of durra, the milk of three cows, 52 goats, and nine she-asses, of balsam a hin, and of oil two jars.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

So he brought them with pride to his little sister, to whom he gave everything which he could secure; he sustained himself for a week almost exclusively upon durra taken from the camels.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk