hard wheat

noun

1. a wheat, as durum wheat, characterized by flinty, dark-colored kernels that yield a flour used in making bread, macaroni, etc.

hard wheat

noun

1. a type of wheat with hard kernels, yielding a strong flour and used for bread, macaroni, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard wheat¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

This other hard wheat, with yet longer grain, cultivated chiefly in the east of Europe, has not been found wild.

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Professor Biffen managed to obtain a hard wheat which kept its qualities when grown in England.

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Durum wheats are not generally considered as valuable for bread making as other hard wheat.

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Soft wheat flours have a gluten of different character from hard wheat flours.

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The second was a roller simplifying the milling of hard wheat, with the result that this grain was placed at a premium.

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