wheat
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- wheate (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /wiːt/
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ʍiːt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːt
Noun[edit]
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.
- wheat:
Synonyms[edit]
- (a plant of the genus Triticum): triticum
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
grain
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colour
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Adjective[edit]
wheat (not comparable)
- Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
Translations[edit]
colour
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Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum or Eriogonum spp.)
- common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
- cracked wheat
- |durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
- hard wheat (See durum wheat)
- hard red spring wheat
- hard red winter wheat
- soft red winter wheat
- soft white wheat
- hard white wheat
- hulled wheat
- Marquis wheat
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- shredded wheat
- soft wheat
- starch wheat
- wheat belt, wheatbelt
- Wheatbelt
- wheat bread
- wheat flour
- wheat germ
- wheat leaf rust (certain species in Pucciniales)
- wheat rust (See wheat leaf rust.)
- wheatear (Oenanthe spp.)
- wheaten
- wheaten terrier
- wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum, Agropyron spp.)
- wheatland
- wheatmeal
- wheatworm (Anguina tritici)
- whole-wheat
- winter wheat
- macaroni wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
- rivet wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- English wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- Polish wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum, syn. Triticum polonicum)
- Khorasan wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum, syn. Triticum turanicum)
- Persian wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum, syn. Triticum carthlicum Nevski)
- spelt wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, syn. Triticum spelta)
- bread wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum, syn. Triticum aestivum)
- club wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
- Indian dwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
- shot wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
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