wheat germ

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noun

the embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel, used in or on foods as a concentrated source of vitamins.

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Origin of wheat germ

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby wheat germ

wheat bread, wheat cake, wheatear, wheaten, wheaten terrier, wheat germ, wheatgrass, Wheatley, wheatmeal, Wheaton, wheat pool

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How to use wheat germ in a sentence

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

A blended scotch whisky is made by combining several single malts with wheat and/or corn whiskies in column stills.
Don't Be a Single-Malt Scotch Snob|Kayleigh Kulp|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.
Children's Ways|James Sully
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

British Dictionary definitions for wheat germ

wheat germ

noun

the vitamin-rich embryo of the wheat kernel, which is largely removed before milling and is used in cereals, as a food supplement, etc

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