: a wheat (Triticum durum) that yields a glutenous flour used especially in pasta
called also durum
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Whole Wheat Pasta Whole wheat pasta is usually made of about 50% or more whole wheat flour, with the rest being semolina (ground durum wheat).
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 13 Oct. 2025
The durum wheat cultivated in southern Italy is the base for Puglia’s orecchiette pasta, typically paired with another product of Puglian soil: turnip greens.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2025
The kind of flour is used in a lot of pastas, but the key distinction is that the package lists durum wheat and not durum flour, a finer ground product that absorbs more water and creates gummier pasta.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 13 Oct. 2025
The durum wheat cultivated in southern Italy is the base for Puglia’s orecchiette pasta, typically paired with another product of Puglian soil: turnip greens.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2025
The kind of flour is used in a lot of pastas, but the key distinction is that the package lists durum wheat and not durum flour, a finer ground product that absorbs more water and creates gummier pasta.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
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“Durum wheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/durum%20wheat. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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durum wheat
noun
du·rum wheat
ˌd(y)u̇r-əm- 
: a wheat that yields a flour used especially in pasta
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