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Noun: durum wheat
  1. Wheat with hard dark-coloured kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
    "Durum wheat is prized for making high-quality pasta"; "Triticum durum wheat is prized for making high-quality pasta";
    - durum, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat

Derived forms: durum wheats

Type of: corn [Brit], wheat

Encyclopedia: Durum wheat