What is another word for durum?

Pronunciation: [djˈʊ͡əɹəm] (IPA)

Durum is a term often used to refer to the wheat variety that is particularly suited for pasta making. Some common synonyms for durum include macaroni wheat, hard wheat, and bread wheat. In Italy, it is known as semolina, while in the Middle East, it is often called bulgar wheat. In addition to its use in pasta making, durum wheat is also used to make couscous and traditional Middle Eastern and North African bread, such as pita and manakish. Regardless of the name, durum wheat is an essential ingredient in many dishes around the world, and its unique properties make it essential to the production of high-quality pasta.

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Usage examples for Durum

All the obstacles, however opposed by the "durum, pauperies, opprobium," have not been able to check his independent mind: he holds on his course in the illustration of the true Norman remains; and to any antiquary who visits this country, I can promise a great pleasure in the examination of his port-folio.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
How many have been supported and comforted in calamity and sorrow by the poet's immortal words of consolation on the death of Quintilius: durum: sed levius fit patientia Quicquid corrigere est nefas,- Ah, hard it is!
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman
Ovid says: Inde genus durum sumus, experiensque laborum, Et documenta damus qua simus origine nati.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh

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