A grain sorghum plant (also called durra or jowar) grown in arid regions of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, used for food and animal feed.
From Arabic ذرة (dhura) or Hindi धूरा (dhūrā). The word ultimately traces to Semitic languages and entered English through trade routes. The grain has been cultivated for thousands of years in drought-resistant climates.
Sorghum is one of humanity's most important drought-resistant crops, yet most English speakers don't know it by its traditional names—dhoora, durra, or jowar. This grain sustained entire civilizations in Africa and India when wheat or rice would have failed!
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