wheat
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See also: Wheat
Alternative forms
- wheate (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
Pronunciation
Noun
wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)
- (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.
- wheat:
Synonyms
- (a plant of the genus Triticum): triticum
Coordinate terms
Translations
grain
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colour
Adjective
wheat (not comparable)
- Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
Translations
Derived terms
- bread of wheat
- bread wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum, syn. Triticum aestivum)
- buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum or Eriogonum spp.)
- club wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
- common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
- cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- cow-wheat
- cracked wheat, cracked-wheat
- cream of wheat
- dog wheat
- durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
- English wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- German wheat
- good as wheat in the bin
- Guinea wheat
- hard red spring wheat
- hard red winter wheat
- hard wheat (See durum wheat)
- hard white wheat
- hulled wheat
- Indian dwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
- Indian wheat
- Khorasan wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum, syn. Triticum turanicum)
- macaroni wheat
- macaroni wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
- Marquis wheat
- mummy wheat
- never eat soggy wheat
- pasta wheat
- Persian wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum, syn. Triticum carthlicum Nevski)
- Polish wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum, syn. Triticum polonicum)
- poulard wheat
- puffed wheat
- rivet wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- Russian wheat aphid
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- shot wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
- shredded wheat
- soft red winter wheat
- soft wheat
- soft white wheat
- sort the wheat from the chaff
- spelt wheat (subspecies, syn. Triticum spelta)
- spring wheat
- starch wheat
- Turkey wheat
- wheat and chessboard problem
- wheat beer
- Wheatbelt
- wheat belt, wheatbelt
- wheat bisk
- wheat bread
- wheat bug
- wheatear (Oenanthe spp.)
- wheat-eel
- wheaten
- wheaten terrier
- wheat flour
- wheat fly
- wheat germ
- wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum, Agropyron spp.)
- wheatish
- wheatland
- wheat leaf rust (certain species in Pucciniales)
- wheatmeal
- wheat midge
- wheat mildew
- wheat paste
- wheat penny
- Wheat Ridge
- wheat rust (See wheat leaf rust.)
- wheat sawfly
- wheat starch
- wheat thief
- wheat weevil
- wheatworm (Anguina tritici)
- whole-wheat
- winnow the wheat from the chaff
- winter wheat
Related terms
See also
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