DURUM WHEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does durum wheat mean? 

• DURUM WHEAT (noun)
  The noun DURUM WHEAT has 1 sense:

1. wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America

  Familiarity information: DURUM WHEAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURUM WHEAT (noun)

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Meaning:

Wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

durum; durum wheat; hard wheat; macaroni wheat; Triticum durum; Triticum turgidum

Hypernyms ("durum wheat" is a kind of...):

wheat (annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)