Definition of wheat

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Wheat (n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race..

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Cowwheat :: Cowwheat (n.) A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields..
Head :: Head (n.) An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals..
Maslin :: Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye..
Fastigiated :: Fastigiated (a.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat..
Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) The wheatear.
Wheat :: Wheat (n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race..
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats..
Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States..
Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..
Scalp :: Scalp (v. t.) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling..
Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe)..
Fecula :: Fecula (n.) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula.
Grain :: Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram..
Pungled :: Pungled (a.) Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium)..
Winterkill :: Winterkill (v. t.) To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled..
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat..
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
Corn :: Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain..
Siliginose :: Siliginose (a.) Made of fine wheat.
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
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