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durva

durva is the alternative form of doob.

Meaning of doob

Noun (1)

doob (uncountable)

  1. Doob grass.
    • Doob is a shallow rooted plant and obtains its food from the surface layer of soil; most of the other grasses, with which it has to compete, such as motha (Cyperus rotundus), dabhi (Imperata arundinacea) and rari (Saccharum spontaneum) are comparatively deep-rooted; […]1911, C.M. Hutchinson, “Turf”, in Agricultural Journal Of India, Pusa: Agricultural Research Institute, page 368
    Synonyms:
    Bermuda grass

Noun (2)

doob (plural doobs)

  1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    • I don't smoke doobs and I don't really hang out.1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Bee-Bee (Dina Spybey-Waters)

Origin of durva

From Sanskrit दूर्वा (dūrvā). Doublet of doob as in doob grass.

Questions about durva

What is durva the alternative form of?
Durva is the alternative form of doob.

Words near durva in the dictionary

  1. durums
  2. Durus
  3. durustoll
  4. durustolls
  5. Duruwa
  6. durva
  7. durvalumab
  8. Durvasa
  9. durving
  10. durwan
  11. durwans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: durva (page history and authors); doob (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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