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noun - wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta
noun - a kind of wheat
DURUM - Durum wheat (), also called pasta wheat or macaroni wheat (Triticum durum or Triticum turgidum subsp. durum), is a tetraploid species of wheat. It is...
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| A hardy wheat (Triticum turgidum, formerly T. durum) used chiefly in making pasta. |
| a kind of hard wheat grown in arid regions, having bearded ears and yielding flour that is used to make pasta. |
| 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 |
| A kind of hard wheat grown in arid regions, having bearded ears and yielding flour that is used to make pasta. |
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Durum wheat (), also called pasta wheat or macaroni wheat (Triticum durum or Triticum turgidum subsp. durum), is a tetraploid species of wheat. It is the second most cultivated species of wheat after common wheat, although it only represents 5% to 8% of global wheat production. It was developed by artificial selection of the domesticated emmer wheat strains formerly grown in Central Europe and the Near East around 7000 BC, which developed a naked, free-threshing form. Like emmer, durum wheat is awned (with bristles). It is the predominant wheat that grows in the Middle East. * Durum in Latin means "hard", and the species is the hardest of all wheats. This refers to the resistance of the grain to milling, in particular of the starchy endosperm, implying dough made from its flour is weak or "soft". This makes durum favorable for semolina and pasta and less practical for flour, which requires more work than with hexaploid wheats like common bread wheats. Despite its high protein content, d |