Durum Synonyms

do͝orəm, dyo͝or-, dûr-
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. durum-wheat
  2. hard wheat
  3. Triticum durum
  4. Triticum turgidum
  5. macaroni wheat

Words Related to Durum

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. bulgur
  2. wheat
  3. hexaploid
  4. crunchies

Durum Sentence Examples

  • In 1906 the farm area was almost equally divided between " dry " farming and farming under irrigation, three-fourths of the wheat produced was grown without irrigation, and the dry farming was very successful with the comparatively new and valuable crops of durum, or macaroni wheat, and Russian barley, which is used in straw for winter feed to sheep and neat cattle.

  • Durum wheat and whole egg is golden and gives a smooth and silky texture.

  • Durum wheat, used to make pasta, is man made.

  • The fertile northern plateaus, the Camas and Nez Perce prairies and the Palouse country - a wonderful region for growing the durum or macaroni wheat - until 1898 had no market nearer than Lewiston, 50-70 m.

  • At any rate, it is certain that, as a general rule, the hard wheats are almost exclusively cultivated in hot, dry countries, the spelt wheats in mountainous districts and on poor soil, turgid (durum forms) and common wheats in plains or in valleys - the best races of wheat being found on rich alluvial plains and in fertile valleys.

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