club wheat

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noun

a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.

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Origin of club wheat

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To my own surprise, last year I started a book club, which includes writers, editors and an agent.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So in America, “Havana Club” is made by Bacardi in Puerto Rico and can be found in five states.
Why Congress Hates Your Cuban Rum|Tim Mak|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It all has to do with a Cuban rum called Havana Club, which was first manufactured in the 19th century.
Why Congress Hates Your Cuban Rum|Tim Mak|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Julianne Moore and John Lithgow dance in a half empty club to weird ringtone muzak.
High-End Pervs Film Benedict Cumberbatch and Reese Witherspoon Sucking Face|Amy Zimmerman|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was Wednesday night; over forty men sat down to the house-dinner at the Pandemonium Club.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In 1205 wheat was worth 12 pence per bushel, which was cheap, as there had been some years of famine previous thereto.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Wheat gives place to Rye about the same time, and the Potato, at first comparatively rare, becomes universal.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens