durum wheat

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durum wheat

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From Latin dūrum (“hard”) and wheat.

noun durum wheats

  1. countable, uncountable Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.

    Similar: durum, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, pasta wheat · Opposite: soft wheat

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noun hard variety of wheat

Españoltrigo duro
中文硬質小麥 /硬质小麦 yìngzhì xiǎomài, 硬粒小麥 /硬粒小麦 yìnglì xiǎomài, 杜蘭小麥 /杜兰小麦 dùlán xiǎomài
Portuguêstrigo duro
Françaisblé dur
DeutschHartweizen
Italianograno duro
Русскийпшени́ца твёрдая pšeníca tvjórdaja
Tiếng Việtlúa mì cứng

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@misc{durum_wheat_2026,
  title = {durum wheat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/durum%20wheat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}