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Wheat — (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See {White}.] (Bot.) A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
WHEAT — WHEAT, grain belonging to the genus Triticum, of which many species exist. Several species of Triticum are grown in Israel, some called ḥittah (pl. ḥittim) and others kussemet, kusmin, and shippon (for this identification see five species ). (1)… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
wheat — [ wit, hwit ] noun uncount * a tall plant that produces grain for making bread and other foods: East Asian farmers grew 30 million tons of wheat last year. wheat farm/field/crop/harvest a. wheat grains or food made from them:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wheat — [wi:t] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: hwAte] 1.) the grain that bread is made from, or the plant that it grows on ▪ a field of wheat 2.) separate the wheat from the chaff to choose the good and useful things or people and get rid of the others … Dictionary of contemporary English
wheat — [hwēt, wēt] n. [ME whete < OE hwæte, akin to Ger weizen < IE base * kweid , to gleam, bright, WHITE: from the white seed] 1. any of several cereal grasses (genus Triticum) having dense, erect spikes containing grains which thresh free of… … English World dictionary
wheat|en — «HWEE tuhn», adjective. 1. made of the grain or flour of wheat, as bread made of the whole grain as distinct from white bread. 2. of or belonging to wheat as a plant … Useful english dictionary
Wheat. — Wheat. Wheaton s United States Supreme Court Reports Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations … Law dictionary
wheat — ► NOUN ▪ a cereal widely grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour. ORIGIN Old English, related to WHITE(Cf. ↑whitish) … English terms dictionary
Wheat — This article is about the plant. For other uses, see Wheat (disambiguation). Wheat Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranke … Wikipedia
wheat — wheatless, adj. /hweet, weet/, n. 1. the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, esp. T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes. 2. the plant itself. [bef. 900;… … Universalium
