winter wheat

American  

noun

1. wheat that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.

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winter wheat British  

noun

1. a type of wheat that is planted in the autumn and is harvested the following summer

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Etymology

Origin of winter wheat

First recorded in 1665–75

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Example Sentences

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winter wheat

The land has been harvested—stripped bare, in fact—but that means it’s also time to plant the winter wheat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Cover crops like winter wheat are grown in the off season, to help bind the soil together and stop it being washed away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Urea exported in June is used for winter wheat in the European Union and for corn and coffee in Brazil, for instance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Here the winter wheat, sown in autumn 2023, drowned under the long winter rains.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

As quick as we got the potatoes dug and the winter wheat planted and I had a little money put aside, I’d be off to the Dakotas for the harvest.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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