doura
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Close to the right of the front of Medinet-Abu there are trees covered with yellow flowers; beyond are fields of doura.
From The Spell of Egypt by Hichens, Robert Smythe
As I turned, far off in Cairo I saw the first lights glittering across the fields of doura, silvery white, like diamonds.
From The Spell of Egypt by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Isaacson let go the podded head of the doura.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
And the silence, broken only by the faint rustle of the doura, was startling, was almost dreadful.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Here are observed some vineyards, and a few patches of doura.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael
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