Durum Wheat

Definition: Durum Wheat

Durum Wheat

Noun

1. 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.

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Agriculture

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Durum Wheat

Crosswords: Durum Wheat

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Unmilled Durum Wheat in Europe (reference)

• The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Unmilled Durum Wheat (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Unmilled Durum Wheat in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Unmilled Durum Wheat Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Unmilled Durum Wheat Export Supplies (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Duty-free provision for aluminium foil laminated to artificial plastic material and reinforced with glass or sisal fibre ; Rebate of the duty on durum wheat for the manufacture of macaroni, spagetti and similar foods ; Rebate of the customs and excise dut (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Unmilled Durum Wheat in Africa [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Economic History

Canada

Farmers in the west have increased area seeded to durum wheat, barley and special crops, and reduced areas of spring wheat canola, flaxseed and summer fallow. (references)

Russia

Of special interest to exporters is the rapid expansion of pasta production, especially for low-cost instant noodles, which could lead to imports of U.S. durum wheat. (references)

Italy

The northern part of Italy produces primarily grains, sugarbeets, soybeans, meat, and dairy products, while the south specializes in producing fruits, vegetables, olive oil, wine, and durum wheat. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "durum wheat": durum wheat meal. Additional references.

Danish

hård hvede (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

Dutch

durumtarwe (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), durum tarwe, durum (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), DUR, harde tarwe (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), glastarwe (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

French

DUR, froment dur, blé durum, blé dur, blé d'Afrique, blé � grains durs. (various references)

German

Hartweizen (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), Glasweizen (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

Greek 

σκληρό σιτάρι (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), σιτάρι σκληρό (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), σίτος ο σκληρός (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), τρίτικος ο σκληρός (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

Italian

grano duro, frumento duro (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

デュラ� 小麦 (Delaware, delegation, delete, delicacy, delicate, delicatessen, delicatessen shop, delicious, deluxe, derived, duration). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

デュラ� �"むぎ. (various references)

Pig Latin

urumday eatwhay

Portuguese

trigo rijo (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), trigo durum (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), trigo duro (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

Spanish

trigo semolero (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), trigo moro (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat), trigo duro (flint wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat). (various references)

Triticum durum. (various references)

Misspellings

"Durum Wheat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: duram wheat. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: hauteur, matured, thrawed, trumeau, wrathed.

-4 letters: auteur, dearth, dreamt, harmed, hatred, humate, marted, mature, remuda, thawed, thawer, thread, warmed, warmth, warted, wreath, wuther.

-5 letters: armed, armet, aurum, dater, datum, death, demur, derat, derma, dewar, dream, durum, earth, hared, harem, hated, hater, haute, hawed, heard, heart, herma, madre, mated, mater, mawed, mudra, mured, muted.