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[Wheat]

Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

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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.

Noun
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour

Noun
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

n.
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.

Wheat

Wheat , n. [OE. whete, AS. hwte; akin to OS. hwti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. while. See White.] (Bot.) 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. &hand; 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. Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat. -- German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt. -- Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn. -- Indian wheat, ∨ Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain (Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only half as large. -- Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn. -- Wheat aphid, ∨ Wheat aphis (Zo'94l.), any one of several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap of growing wheat. -- Wheat beetle. (Zo'94l.) (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus Surinamensis) whose larv'91 feed upon wheat, rice, and other grains. (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium paniceum) whose larv'91 eat the interior of grains of wheat. -- Wheat duck (Zo'94l.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.] -- Wheat fly. (Zo'94l.) Same as Wheat midge, below. -- Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum) somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts of Europe and America. -- Wheat jointworm. (Zo'94l.) See Jointworm. -- Wheat louse (Zo'94l.), any wheat aphid. -- Wheat maggot (Zo'94l.), the larva of a wheat midge. -- Wheat midge. (Zo'94l.) (a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America. The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the larv'91 suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pup'91 in the earth. (b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian. -- Wheat moth (Zo'94l.), any moth whose larv'91 devour the grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain. -- Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell. -- Wheat thrips (Zo'94l.), a small brown thrips (Thrips cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat. -- Wheat weevil. (Zo'94l.) (a) The grain weevil. (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.

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.

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Usage Examples

Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to be brought in the barn. He appeared to me to be in anger.

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.

For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.