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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
wheat
n 1: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and
light brown grains
2: grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as
cereal; usually ground into flour [syn: wheat, wheat
berry]
3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
[syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (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.
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Note: 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.
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Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus
Surinamensis) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium
paniceum) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zool.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
grown change to pupae in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips (Thrips
cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.
vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,
-onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus
Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the
American widgeon (Anas Americana) are the most important
species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate,
baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and
whitebelly.
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Bald-faced widgeon, or Green-headed widgeon, the American
widgeon.
Black widgeon, the European tufted duck.
Gray widgeon.
(a) The gadwall.
(b) The pintail duck.
Great headed widgeon, the poachard.
Pied widgeon.
(a) The poachard.
(b) The goosander.
Saw-billed widgeon, the merganser.
Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary.
Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]
Spoonbilled widgeon, the shoveler.
White widgeon, the smew.
Wood widgeon, the wood duck.
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4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Wheat
one of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name
_hittah_, and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are
various species of wheat. That which Pharaoh saw in his dream
was the Triticum compositum, which bears several ears upon one
stalk (Gen. 41:5). The "fat of the kidneys of wheat" (Deut.
32:14), and the "finest of the wheat" (Ps. 81:16; 147:14),
denote the best of the kind. It was exported from Palestine in
great quantities (1 Kings 5:11; Ezek. 27:17; Acts 12:20).
Parched grains of wheat were used for food in Palestine (Ruth
2:14; 1 Sam. 17:17; 2 Sam. 17:28). The disciples, under the
sanction of the Mosaic law (Deut. 23:25), plucked ears of corn,
and rubbing them in their hands, ate the grain unroasted (Matt.
12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). Before any of the wheat-harvest,
however, could be eaten, the first-fruits had to be presented
before the Lord (Lev. 23:14).
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can with some
difficulty be made, and which is used also for bread. The French are
said to eat more bread _per capita_ of population than any other
people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff
palatable.
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Thesaurus Results for Wheat:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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