wheat berry

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noun

the whole kernel of wheat, sometimes cracked or ground and used as a cereal or cooked food, or made into bread.

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Origin of wheat berry

First recorded in 1535–45

Jason Berry received a 1992 Alicia Patterson Fellowship for his coverage of demagogues in Louisiana.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Very few district attorneys are willing to go after a bishop,” says Berry.
How Sicko Priests Got Away With It|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It sounds horrible,” Camden Green Party Councillor Sian Berry told The Mirror.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians|Marlow Stern|October 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
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
Bordering them were great quantities of berry-laden snow-berry bushes, of which I am very fond.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
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