durra

American  

[door-uh] / ˈdʊər ə /

Or doura,

noun

1. a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.

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durra British  

/ ˈdʌrə, ˈdʊərə /

noun

1. Also called: Guinea corn.   Indian millet.  an Old World variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare durra, with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodder

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Etymology

Origin of durra

1790–1800; < Arabic dhura ( h )

Example Sentences

Government spokesman Benjamin said at the time that more than half of the missing funds were from the country's so-called "durra" scandal, in which a large government purchase of sorghum was allegedly never distributed.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2013

Meanwhile, the four captives survive mainly on a sour porridge called durra, the staple of the region.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the pack-saddles, which the donkey bore, they also found about three pots of durra, a few fistfuls of salt, and a bunch of dried manioc roots.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Dates, figs, manioc, and durra were totally lacking.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Save under stress of famine cattle are never killed for food, the people subsisting largely on durra.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various