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wheat

Syllabification: (wheat)
Pronunciation: /(h)wēt/

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Definition of wheat

noun

  • a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc..
    • Genus Triticum, family Gramineae: several species, including bread wheat (T. aestivum) and durum wheat, and many distinctive cultivars
  • the grain of the wheat plant.

Phrases

separate the wheat from the chaff

see chaff1.

Origin:

Old English hwǣte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white

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Definition of wheat in the British & World English dictionary