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Definition of Durra
1. Noun. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
Generic synonyms: Grain Sorghum
Definition of Durra
1. n. 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.
Definition of Durra
1. a cereal grain [n -S]
Medical Definition of Durra
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Durra
Literary usage of Durra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The growing of kafir and durra in the United States fe very recent, ... Kafir and
durra are peculiarly adapted to the drier sections of these states, ..."
2. The Corn Crops: A Discussion of Maize, Kafirs, and Sorghums as Grown in the by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1913)
"The extensive culture of non-saccharine sorghums in this country began with the
introduction of Brown durra and White durra into California in 1874, ..."
3. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Karim's durra surprised by Major Clarke. — Dispersed. — Many of the Leaders
surrender. — Lands — Treaty executed. — Prosecution of Operations against the ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1862)
"MANACCAN CHURCH, about four miles from St. Keverne, is beautifully situated on
wooded land rising above the durra, ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"In Egypt, durra is used as a general term to designate all succulent forage.
All sorghums are called durra beladi to distinguish them from corn, durra shami ..."
6. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"... a corner of this lake, showing the abrupt edge of the crater and the banks of
mud which the natives have made to 106. AJ.WM.VfS ON THE durra RLVER ..."
7. The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1829)
"... who formed part of his chattels : he inhabited a hut constructed with branches
of the date- tree and durra-straw ; it was enclosed on three sides only, ..."
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