wheat

wheat  (hwt, wt)

n.

1. Any of various annual cereal grasses of the genus Triticum of the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia, especially T. aestivum, widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important edible grain.

2. The grain of any of these grasses, ground to produce flour used in breadstuffs and pasta.

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[Middle English whete, from Old English hwte; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]

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wheat

Noun

1. a kind of grain used in making flour and pasta

2. the plant from which this grain is obtained [Old English hwǣte]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wheat - annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet genus Triticum, Triticum - annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions wheat berry - a grain of wheat durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum - wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America soft wheat - wheat with soft starch kernels used in pastry and breakfast cereals common wheat, Triticum aestivum - widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta - hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed emmer, starch wheat, Triticum dicoccum, two-grain spelt - hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, wild emmer, wild wheat - found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
	2.	wheat - grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour wheat berry food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses bulghur, bulgur, bulgur wheat - parched crushed wheat cracked wheat - grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces wheat germ - embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins common wheat, Triticum aestivum - widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
	3.	wheat - a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white pale yellow, straw yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Translations

wheat [wiːt] n → trigo

wheat [wiːt] n → blé m, froment m

wheat [wiːt] n → Weizen m

wheat [wiːt] n → grano, frumento

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wheat

n wheat [wiːt]

a type of grain from which flour, much used in making bread, cakes etc, is obtained. koring قَمْح، حِنْطَه пшеница pšenice hvede der Weizen σιτάρι trigo nisu گندم vehnä blé חִיטָה गेहूं pšenica búza terigu hveiti grano 小麦 밀 kviečiai kvieši gandum tarwe hvete pszenica trigo grâu пшеница pšenica pšenica pšenica vete ข้าวสาลี buğday 冬小麥 пшениця گیہوں cây lúa mỳ 冬小麦

adj ˈwheaten

made of wheat a wheaten loaf. koringagtig قَمْحي، حِنْطي пшеничен pšeničný hvede- Weizen-... σιταρένιος de trigo nisu- گندمی vehnä- de blé עַשוּי חִיטָה गेहूं का बना pšenični búza- dari terigu hveiti-, gerður úr hveiti di grano 小麦の 밀의, 밀가루로 만든 kvietinis, kviečių kviešu- gandum tarwe{#169} hvete- pszenny de trigo de/din grâu пшеничный pšeničný pšeničen pšenični vete- ทำจากแป้งสาลีหรือข้าวสาลี buğdaydan yapılmış 麵粉的，小麥的 пшеничний گیہوں کا بنا ہوا làm từ lúa mỳ 面粉的，小麦的