doura
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
But the doura rises higher than the heads of the naked children who stand among it to watch you canter past.
From The Spell of Egypt by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The mountains drew farther apart, revealing in their place numerous villages, and fields of white Indian corn, doura, and sugar-cane.
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules
He knew that Carefinotu said "birsi" for fire, "aradore" for the sky, "mervira" for the sea, "doura" for a tree, &c.
From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules
He put out one lean, dark hand, and pulled at the heavily podded head of a doura plant.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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