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
   "Triticum turgidum wheat is prized for making high-quality pasta";
   - durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, macaroni wheat

Type of: corn [Brit], wheat

Encyclopedia: Triticum turgidum