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CIDE DICTIONARY
wheat, n. [OE. whete, AS. hw; akin to OS. hw, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See White.].
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare ) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race. [1913 Webster]
" Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wheat, n.
1 any cereal plant of the genus Triticum, bearing dense four-sided seed-spikes.
2 its grain, used in making flour etc.
1 any cereal plant of the genus Triticum, bearing dense four-sided seed-spikes.
2 its grain, used in making flour etc.
Idiom
separate the wheat from the chaff see CHAFF. wheat-belt a region where wheat is the chief agricultural product. wheat germ the embryo of the wheat grain, extracted as a source of vitamins. wheat-grass = couch grass (see COUCH(2)).
Etymology
OE hw{aelig}te f. Gmc, rel. to WHITE
DEVIL DICTIONARY
wheat
n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can with some difficulty be made, and which is used also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread _per capita_ of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.THESAURUS
wheat
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