(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:16:09

Dur"ra (?), n. [Ar. dhorra.] Bot.

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn.

[Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]

 

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