Durra

/ˈdʊrə/ noun

Definition

A type of grain sorghum with a hard grain, used for food and animal feed, especially in Africa and the Middle East.

Etymology

From Arabic 'durra,' the native name for this crop in the Middle East and North Africa where it has been cultivated for thousands of years.

Kelly Says

Durra is one of the world's most important crops that hardly anyone in the West has heard of—it thrives in deserts where wheat fails, feeding millions of people and animals in some of the harshest climates on Earth.

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