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durum wheat
du·rum wheat [ dúrrəm wt ] or du·rum


noun 
Definition:
 
wheat used in making pasta: a wheat that produces the type of flour used to make pasta and couscous. Latin name Triticum durum.
[Early 20th century. < Latin, form of durus "hard"]
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