MACARONI WHEAT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

durum; durum wheat; hard wheat; macaroni wheat; Triticum durum; Triticum turgidum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("macaroni wheat" is a kind of...):

wheat (annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)

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