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/door"euh/, n.a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.[1790-1800; < Ar dhura(h)]
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durra — [door′ə] n. a variety of grain producing sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) widely grown in Asia and Africa … English World dictionary
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Durra — Dụr|ra 〈f.; Gen.: ; Pl.: unz.; Bot.〉 in Afrika u. Indien angebaute Hirse, Mohrenhirse: Sorghum durra [Etym.: <arab. dhura] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
durra — ż IV, CMs. durrze; lm D. durr bot. «Sorgum durra, roślina zbożowa uprawiana głównie na mąkę w Afryce, Indiach, Afganistanie i Japonii; sorgo murzyńskie» ‹ar.› … Słownik języka polskiego
durra — [ dʊrə, dʊərə] noun sorghum of the principal variety grown from NE Africa to India. Origin C18: from Arab. ḍura, ḍurra … English new terms dictionary
durra — n. (also dura, dhurra) a kind of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare, native to Asia, Africa, and the US. Etymology: Arab. dura, durra … Useful english dictionary
