Definition of "dhourra" []

• See durra. (noun)
• Same as Durio. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "ITALIAN MILLET, or Great Indian Millet, is cultivated in Egypt and Nubia, where it is called dhourra, and is used as human food, as well as for the fermentation of beer."
• "Their mountains contain many fertile valleys, where date-trees grow, and some dhourra is sown."
• "Wheat, dhourra, barley, and dokhen are sown here; of vegetables the Badendján, or egg-plant, Meloukhye onions and radishes are cultivated; and vines, lemon, and banana-trees abound."