wheat : Idioms & Phrases

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Buck wheat

  • . (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
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bulgur wheat

  • noun parched crushed wheat
    bulghur; bulgur.
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common wheat

  • noun widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
    Triticum aestivum.
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cracked wheat

  • noun grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces
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cracked-wheat bread

  • noun bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine
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crested wheat grass

  • noun Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
    crested wheatgrass; crested wheat grass; Agropyron cristatum.
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Dog wheat

  • (Bot.), Dog grass.
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durum wheat

  • noun wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
    Triticum durum; Triticum turgidum; durum wheat; durum; hard wheat.
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fairway crested wheat grass

  • noun Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
    crested wheatgrass; crested wheat grass; Agropyron cristatum.
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German wheat

  • . (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
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Goat's wheat

  • (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).
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Guinea wheat

  • (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
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hard wheat

  • noun wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
    Triticum durum; Triticum turgidum; durum wheat; durum; hard wheat.
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Indian wheat

  • maize or Indian corn.
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Indian wheat, ∨ Tartary wheat

  • (Bot.), a grain (Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only half as large.
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macaroni wheat

  • noun wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
    Triticum durum; Triticum turgidum; durum wheat; durum; hard wheat.
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Mummy wheat

  • (Bot.), wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times.
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puffed wheat

  • noun puffy wheat berries
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soft wheat

  • noun wheat with soft starch kernels used in pastry and breakfast cereals
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Spring wheat

  • any kind of wheat sown in the spring; in distinction from winter wheat, which is sown in autumn.
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starch wheat

  • noun hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed
    two-grain spelt; emmer; Triticum dicoccum.
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Summer wheat

  • wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures during the summer following. See Spring wheat.
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Turkey wheat

  • (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
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Wheat aphid, ∨ Wheat aphis

  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap of growing wheat.
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wheat beer

  • noun a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
    white beer; Weissbier.
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Wheat beetle

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus Surinamensis) whose larvæ feed upon wheat, rice, and other grains. (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium paniceum) whose larvæ eat the interior of grains of wheat.
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wheat berry

  • noun a grain of wheat
  • noun grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
    wheat.
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Wheat duck

  • (Zoöl.), the American widgeon. Western U. S.
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wheat eel

  • noun small roundworm parasitic on wheat
    Tylenchus tritici; wheatworm; wheat eel.
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wheat eelworm

  • noun small roundworm parasitic on wheat
    Tylenchus tritici; wheatworm; wheat eel.
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wheat field

  • noun a field planted with wheat
    wheatfield.
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wheat flag smut

  • noun fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
    Urocystis tritici.
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wheat flour

  • noun flour prepared from wheat
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Wheat fly

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
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wheat future

  • noun wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
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wheat germ

  • noun embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins
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wheat gluten

  • noun gluten prepared from wheat
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Wheat grass

  • (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum) somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts of Europe and America.
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Wheat jointworm

  • . (Zoöl.) See Jointworm.
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Wheat louse

  • (Zoöl.), any wheat aphid.
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Wheat maggot

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a wheat midge.
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Wheat midge

  • . (Zoöl.) (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 larvæ suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pupæ in the earth. (b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
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Wheat moth

  • (Zoöl.), any moth whose larvæ devour the grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
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wheat rust

  • noun rust fungus that attacks wheat
    Puccinia graminis.
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wheat scab

  • noun a disease of the heads of wheat plants
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Wheat thief

  • (Bot.), gromwell; so called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
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Wheat thrips

  • (Zoöl.), a small brown thrips (Thrips cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat.
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Wheat weevil

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The grain weevil. (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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wheat-grass

  • noun a grass of the genus Agropyron
    wheatgrass.
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whole wheat bread

  • noun bread made with whole wheat flour
    brown bread; dark bread; whole meal bread.
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whole wheat flour

  • noun flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)
    whole meal flour; graham flour; graham.
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whole-wheat

  • adjective of or relating to or derived from wheat
    wholemeal; wheaten.
    • wheaten bread
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wild wheat

  • noun found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
    Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides; wild emmer.
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Winter wheat

  • wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer.
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