Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of sorghum widely cultivated in dry regions of Africa and Asia for its grain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Indian millet or Guinea corn, Sorghum vulgare. See
sorghum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of
Sorghum vulgare ; -- called alsoIndian millet , andGuinea corn .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
millet , a variety ofsorghum ; Indian millet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's also known as durra, Egyptian millet, and milo as well as other nom de grains.
Sorghum 2006
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It's also known as durra, Egyptian millet, and milo as well as other nom de grains.
Carbonnade 2006
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I've never tried the grain and didn't even know there was a grain until I did a little research -- although I've heard of both durra and Egyptian millet.
Sorghum 2006
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I've never tried the grain and didn't even know there was a grain until I did a little research -- although I've heard of both durra and Egyptian millet.
Carbonnade 2006
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Bandeliah — whose stature was at least six feet four — yet nothing would be of any use to him, unless he could come to an agreement with Mabonga, the queen of the Houlas, to split a durra straw with him.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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A few Arabs of Beni Salem here sow some fields with durra, which they irrigate by means of a fine spring of running water issuing from a cleft in the mountains, where it forms several small basins and pretty cascades — the best water I had drank since leaving the mountains of Tayf.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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In the square of the mosque, several small stone basins are regularly filled with water for their use; here also Arab women expose to sale, upon small straw mats, corn and durra, which the pilgrims purchase, and throw to the pigeons.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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Taraba is environed with palm-groves and gardens, watered by numerous rivulets; near it are some inconsiderable hills, at the foot of which the Arabs cultivate durra and barley: the inhabitants are of the Begoum tribe, and their Sheikh is Ibn Korshán.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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In the ruined dwellings, Negro pilgrims take up their temporary abode; some of these are settled in Mekka, and their wives prepare the intoxicating liquor made from durra, and called bouza, of which the meaner inhabitants are very fond.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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With the Bedouins of the Eastern plain they exchange durra for cattle.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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