1. (noun) wheat 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

• durum wheat
• hard wheat
• macaroni wheat
• triticum durum
• triticum turgidum

1. (noun) wheat 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

• wheat