wheat Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
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noun grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
wheat berry.
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noun a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
pale yellow; straw.
WordNet
Wheat noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
(Bot.) 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.✍ Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
