HyperDic: hard_wheat

English > 1 sense of the expression hard wheat:
NOUNplanthard wheat, durum, durum wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheatwheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta
English > hard wheat: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwheat 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.
Synonymsdurum, durum wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat
Broaderwheatannual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
Spanishtrigo duro, triticum durum
Catalanblat dur, triticum durum

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