What is "doura"

Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]

alt. A kind of sorghum. n. A kind of sorghum.

n. sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn: durra, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn]

For the town in Guinea see Doura, Guinea, for the Palestinian town in Hebron, see Dura, Hebron, for the neighborhood in Baghdad, see Dora, Baghdad Doura is a village and seat of the commune of N'Koumandougou in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali.