maccaroni wheat

maccaroni wheat
maccaroni wheat maccaroni wheat n. A type of wheat ({Triticum durum}) with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in South Russia, North Africa, and North central North America.

Syn: durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, {Triticum durum}, {Triticum turgidum}. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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