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–noun

1.	the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, esp. T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.

2.	the plant itself.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME whete, OE hwǣte; c. G Weizen, ON hveiti, Goth hwaiteis; akin to white

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—Related forms

wheatless, adjective

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n.

Any of various annual cereal grasses of the genus Triticum of the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia, especially T. aestivum, widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important edible grain.
The grain of any of these grasses, ground to produce flour used in breadstuffs and pasta.

[Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]

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O.E. hwæte "wheat," from P.Gmc. *khwaitijaz (cf. O.S. hweti, O.N. hveiti, Norw. kveite, O.Fris. hwete, M.Du., Du. weit, O.H.G. weizzi, Ger. Weizen, Goth. hvaiteis "wheat"), lit. "that which is white," from *khwitaz-, the source of O.E. hwit (see white; and cf. Welsh gwenith "wheat," related to gwenn "white"). The Old World grain was introduced into New Spain in 1528. Wheaties, the cereal brand name, was patented 1925.

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wheat
noun
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
3.	a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: pale yellow]

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wheat [wiːt] noun

a type of grain from which flour, much used in making bread, cakes etc, is obtained

Arabic:	قَمْح، حِنْطَه
Chinese (Simplified):	冬小麦
Chinese (Traditional):	冬小麥
Czech:	pšenice
Danish:	hvede
Dutch:	tarwe
Estonian:	nisu
Finnish:	vehnä
French:	blé
German:	der Weizen
Greek:	σιτάρι
Hungarian:	búza
Icelandic:	hveiti
Indonesian:	terigu
Italian:	grano

Japanese:	小麦
Korean:	밀
Latvian:	kvieši
Lithuanian:	kviečiai
Norwegian:	hvete
Polish:	pszenica
Portuguese (Brazil):	trigo
Portuguese (Portugal):	trigo
Romanian:	grâu
Russian:	пшеница
Slovak:	pšenica
Slovenian:	pšenica
Spanish:	trigo
Swedish:	vete
Turkish:	buğday

See also: wheaten

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Wheat Ridge, CO (city, FIPS 84440) Location: 39.77345 N, 105.09855 W
Population (1990): 29419 (14130 housing units)
Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80033

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Wheat

Midge\, n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D. mug, G. m["u]cke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m?, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan. myg; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. ? to low, bellow.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larv[ae] are usually aquatic.

2. A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.

Note: The name is also applied to various other small flies. See Wheat midge, under Wheat.

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