notwheat
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]notwheat (uncountable)
- (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
[edit]“notwheat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.