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noun

wheat

WHEET/wiːt/

A cereal plant cultivated for grain that is ground into flour.

Ripe wheat heads lie beside loose kernels and a bowl of flour.

A small bundle of ripe wheat ears beside loose wheat kernels and a shallow bowl of flour, with the distinctive grain heads as the dominant subject.
Etymology
wheatOld Englishwheat

Old English hwæte already named this grain, but its name is etymologically connected with white. The reference is to the pale color of the grain or the meal ground from it.

In context

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More examples

  • Farmers plant wheat in the fall for a summer harvest.
  • The mill grinds wheat into flour for local bakeries.
  • Weeks without rain damage the wheat in our fields.

Similar words

cereal
Cereal includes wheat and other grasses grown for edible grain.
grain
Grain refers to edible seeds rather than the whole plant.