wheat
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (cf. West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, German Weizen), from *hwītaz 'white'. More at white. For semantic development, compare Welsh gwenith 'wheat', from gwenn 'white'.
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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.
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[edit] Adjective
wheat (not comparable)
- wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
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