notwheat

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English

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Etymology

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From not +‎ wheat.

Noun

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notwheat (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) unbearded wheat
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      Notwheate, so termed, because it is vnbearded […]

References

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“notwheat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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