shredded wheat

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a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

First recorded in 1895–1900; formerly a trademark

Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By the early 1960s, Mexico was growing six times more wheat than it did when Borlaug first arrived.
Growth Stocks|The Daily Beast|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Borlaug and his associates set out to develop strains of wheat that could resist diseases and pests, and thus improve yields.
Growth Stocks|The Daily Beast|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After plane loads of wheat seeds were sent to India in the 1960s, farmers there were able to boost production by a factor of four.
Growth Stocks|The Daily Beast|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He helped set up an institute in Mexico aimed at improving wheat and corn production.
Growth Stocks|The Daily Beast|October 17, 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