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

Example Sentences

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winter wheat

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

The 50-year-old sixth-generation farmer estimates he has lost between £55,000 and £65,000 worth of oil seed rape, winter wheat and barley to flooding after Storm Babet hit last week.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2023

Those figures don't reflect orders made for future delivery, such as recent purchases of U.S. soft red winter wheat.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023

For their main course, a little farther on, there was a whole field of winter wheat, its kernels newly ripe and soft.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien