hard wheat
a wheat, as durum wheat, characterized by flinty, dark-colored kernels that yield a flour used in making bread, macaroni, etc.
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This other hard wheat, with yet longer grain, cultivated chiefly in the east of Europe, has not been found wild.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleProfessor Biffen managed to obtain a hard wheat which kept its qualities when grown in England.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall PunnettDurum wheats are not generally considered as valuable for bread making as other hard wheat.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value | Harry SnyderSoft wheat flours have a gluten of different character from hard wheat flours.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value | Harry SnyderThe 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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British Dictionary definitions for hard wheat
a type of wheat with hard kernels, yielding a strong flour and used for bread, macaroni, etc
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