Example sentences from the Web for durum

Durum wheats are not generally considered as valuable for bread making as other hard wheat.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder
Three-fourths of the Nation's durum, a hardy wheat used in the making of macaroni, is raised here.
North Dakota|Various
What is durum wheat flour, and how does it differ from other flour?
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder
Virtually all wheat grown in the country is a hard red winter wheat of good quality, somewhat softer than durum wheat.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

Macaroni Flour is made from durum wheat, according to Saunders a variety of hard, spring wheat.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder

durum

durum wheat

/ (ˈdjʊərəm) /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR durum ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a variety of wheat, Triticum durum, with a high gluten content, cultivated mainly in the Mediterranean region, and used chiefly to make pastas

Word Origin for durum

C20: short for New Latin trīticum dūrum, literally: hard wheat

Words nearby durum

Durrës, durrie, durry, durst, Duruflé, durum, durum wheat, Duryea, durzi, Du Sable, Duse

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012