ذُرَةٌ
Root: ذرو
Full Definition
ذُرَةٌ
, originally ذُرَوٌ, or ذُرَىٌ, the ة being a substitute for the final radical letter, [A species of millet; the holcus sorghum of Linn.; thus called in the present day, and also, vulgarly, ذُرَة صَيْفِىّ and ذُرَةقَيْظِىّ, to distinguish it from maize, the zea mays of Linn., which is vulgarly called ذُرَةشَامِىّ and ذُرَة كِيزَان;] a species of grain; a certain grain, well known: the word is used as a n. un. and as a coll. n. [See مِيرَةٌ.]