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Noun: Triticum turgidum
  1. Wheat with hard dark-coloured kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
    - durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, macaroni wheat

Type of: corn [Brit], wheat

Encyclopedia: Triticum turgidum