durum wheat

[doo r-uh m, dyoo r-]

noun

a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.

Origin of durum wheat

1905–10; < New Latin, the earlier specific epithet. See dure¹

Also called du·rum, macaroni wheat.

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