Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wheat
Wheat
wheat
n. 1 any cereal plant of the genus Triticum, bearing dense four-sided seed-spikes. 2 its grain, used in making flour etc. Phrases and idioms separate the wheat from the chaff see CHAFF. wheat-belt a region where wheat is the chief agricultural product. wheat germ the embryo of the wheat grain, extracted as a source of vitamins. wheat-grass = couch grass (see COUCH(2)). Etymology: OE hw{aelig}te f. Gmc, rel. to WHITE
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noun Usage: often attributive see: white Date: before 12th century a cereal grain that yields a fine white flour used chiefly in breads, baked goods (as cakes and crackers), and pastas (as macaroni or spaghetti), and is important in animal feeds, any of various Old World annual grasses (genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum and T. turgidum) of wide climatic adaptability that are cultivated in most temperate areas for the ~ they yield, a light yellow ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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