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dourra

dourra is the archaic form of durra.

Meaning of durra

Noun

durra (usually uncountable, plural durras)

  1. (usually) A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
    • The moonlight boy told me that it was soon time to gather the durra harvest.2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 24

Questions about dourra

What is dourra the archaic form of?
Dourra is the archaic form of durra.

Words near dourra in the dictionary

  1. dourness
  2. dournesses
  3. Douro
  4. douroucouli
  5. douroucoulis
  6. dourra
  7. dours
  8. douse
  9. doused
  10. douser
  11. dousers

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