Khorasan wheat

[ kawr-uh-sahn hweet, weet, ‐san ]

/ ˈkɔr əˌsɑn ˈʰwit, ˈwit, ‐ˌsæn /

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an ancient grain, Triticum turgidum turanicum, a variety of large-grained durum wheat, often touted as a healthier alternative to conventional modern wheat.

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Also Trademark, Kamut .

Also called Oriental wheat, pharaoh grain .

Origin of Khorasan wheat

First recorded in 2000–05; from Persian Xorāsān “(land) where the suns rises, east,” a historic region in northeast Persia, now a province of Iran; the variant pharaoh grain supposedly so called because an American airman in 1949 acquired grains allegedly found in the tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh, or possibly because Khorasan wheat was brought into ancient Egypt by invading armies

Words nearby Khorasan wheat

Khomeini, Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, Khond, Khoper, Khorana, Khorasan wheat, Khotan, khoums, Khouribga, Khowar, Khrushchev

How to use Khorasan wheat in a sentence

News reports in the region recently named him as the Islamic State-appointed governor or wali of Khorasan.
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And where was this magical land of Khorasan, whence the conquerors would come?
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
U.S. intelligence agencies accuse the Khorasan veterans of plotting attacks against commercial airliners in the West.
ISIS and Al Qaeda Ready to Gang Up on Obama's Rebels|Jamie Dettmer|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some Syrian rebel groups maintain that the Americans invented Khorasan as a pretext for the attack.
Spies Warned White House: Don’t Hit Al Qaeda in Syria|Shane Harris, Jamie Dettmer|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the time of the initial strikes, U.S. officials stressed repeatedly that the Americans were after Khorasan, not al Nusra.
Spies Warned White House: Don’t Hit Al Qaeda in Syria|Shane Harris, Jamie Dettmer|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
He had the land in Tripp County that was broken into winter wheat, while that in the next county east was rented.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
For most of the way the country is flat and fertile, and in good part devoted to Grazing, though considerable Wheat is grown.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The country is undulating and beautiful, mainly devoted to Grass, Wheat and Wood, and in the very highest condition.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley