Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

durum wheat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: du-rum wheat
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin dūrum (“hard”) and wheat.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: dūrus

Usage

Inflected Forms

durum wheats (plural)

Synonyms

durum hard wheat macaroni wheat pasta wheat triticum durum triticum turgidum

Antonyms

soft wheat

Questions

What does durum wheat mean?: Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.
Where does durum wheat come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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