Wiktionary
n. A hard variety of wheat, ''Triticum turgidum'' or ''Triticum durum'', whose flour is used to make pasta and bread.
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: durum, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat]
Usage examples of "durum wheat".
Going back to the laboratory report, Rosetti said the boy's stomach contained the undigested remains of rice and durum wheat, and meat traces from three of the girls' digestive tracts had been identified as lamb.
Bags labeled DURUM WHEAT-PRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA BY AUSSIES were stacked to the rafters of the low building as far as the beam of Satto's light would penetrate.
The deck of the ship was bathed in floodlights, as it took on durum wheat from North Dakota.