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wheat
[ weet, hweet ]
noun
- the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- the plant itself.
wheat
/ wiːt /
noun
- any annual or biennial grass of the genus Triticum, native to the Mediterranean region and W Asia but widely cultivated, having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
- the grain of any of these grasses, used in making flour, pasta, etc
Other Words From
- wheat·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of wheat1
Example Sentences
Glyphosate is the world's most heavily applied herbicide, used on crops including corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, cotton and wheat.
An Indian farmer checks his wheat crop that was damaged in heavy rain on the outskirts of Amritsar on March 21, 2018.
The other fragrance is called Rozana, after a ship that was feverishly anticipated by people starving across Palestine, Lebanon and Syria after failed wheat harvests 100 years ago.
Their findings show that yields grew annually at a rate equivalent to about 33 kg of wheat per hectare.
In contrast, Saudi Arabia drew down nearly 80% of its fossil water aquifers between the 1970s and the mid-2010s to irrigate thirsty wheat, corn, and alfalfa fields.
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