Definition of Triticum durum

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.

Exact synonyms: Durum, Durum Wheat, Hard Wheat, Macaroni Wheat, Triticum Turgidum
Generic synonyms: Wheat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triticum Durum

Tripura
Tris
Trisagion
Trish
Trisha
Tristan
Tristan Tzara
Tristan chord
Tristan chords
Tristan da Cunha
Tristram
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum spelta
Triticum dicoccum
Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides
Triticum durum (current term)
Triticum spelta
Triticum turgidum
Triton
Triton X 100
Tritonian
Triturus vulgaris
Trivandrum
Trivia
Trixie
Trobriander
Trobrianders
Trochilidae
Troeger's base
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko

Literary usage of Triticum durum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"... and regularly laminated (Fig. 6 A), but the layers are usually hard to FIG. 6.—Wheat-meal from Triticum durum. A, a large, B, small grains. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"Triticum durum (durum wheat). ... to distinguish between some forms of Triticum durum (subspecies of T. tenax) and Triticum dicoccum (small species of the ..."

3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Thinopyrum; Triticum durum; Inter- generic hybridization; Backcrossing; Nucleolus organizer; Dna hybridization; С bands; ..."

4. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1881)
"Triticum durum, a grain; 4, Coronilla sp.; 5, several other weed-seeds (three grains). " Among these seeds the pease as well as the vetch are missing. ..."

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