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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DURRA, n. A kind of millet, cultivated in North Africa.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn: durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn]

Merriam Webster's

also dura noun Etymology: Arabic dhura Date: 1798 any of several grain sorghums widely grown in warm dry regions

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also dura, dhurra) a kind of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare, native to Asia, Africa, and the US. Etymology: Arab. dura, durra

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Durra 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.]