club wheat

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of club wheat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Soft white wheat and club wheat — two varieties commonly grown in parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho — were selling for $4.67 to $4.90 a bushel last week, according to the U.S.

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Club wheat has also had a great run, and is now very popular at the West.

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We happened to learn that it was nothing but common club wheat, sown on rather low ground, where it happened to grow very fair that season.

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The grain most in favor through the state is called "club wheat" from the form of the head, which is blockshaped, instead of long and slender.

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The "club wheat" holds fast its grain so that it can be harvested without falling to the ground, which, in so dry a climate, is a great point in its favor.

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