Pasta:Any of several starchy food pastes (pasta alimentaria) made from semolina, the purified middlings (endosperm) of a hard wheat called durum.

意大利面： 用粗粒小麦粉，即经过净化的硬质小麦的胚乳，制成的淀粉类食品。

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It was there that my mother learned to make a traditional couscous the name for tiny beads of durum wheat semolina as well as for the delectable stew they are part of, which can only be described as an entire feast in one course.

WSJ: Cold-Snap Couscous