# wheat
## English

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### Alternative forms

* wheate (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wiːt/
* (without the wine–whine merger) IPA: /ʍiːt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːt

### Noun

wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)
* (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
* (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.
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#### Synonyms

* (a plant of the genus Triticum): triticum

#### Coordinate terms

* (grains in Triticum): barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale

#### Translations
### Adjective

wheat (not comparable)
* Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

#### Translations
### Derived terms

* bread of wheat
* bread wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum, syn. Triticum aestivum)
* buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum or Eriogonum spp.)
* club wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
* common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
* cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
* cow-wheat
* cracked wheat, cracked-wheat
* cream of wheat
* dog wheat
* durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
* English wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
* German wheat
* good as wheat in the bin
* Guinea wheat
* hard red spring wheat
* hard red winter wheat
* hard wheat (See durum wheat)
* hard white wheat
* hulled wheat
* Indian dwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
* Indian wheat
* Khorasan wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum, syn. Triticum turanicum)
* macaroni wheat
* macaroni wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
* Marquis wheat
* mummy wheat
* never eat soggy wheat
* pasta wheat
* Persian wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum, syn. Triticum carthlicum Nevski)
* Polish wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum, syn. Triticum polonicum)
* poulard wheat
* puffed wheat
* rivet wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
* Russian wheat aphid
* separate the wheat from the chaff
* shot wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum, syn. Triticum compactum)
* shredded wheat
* soft red winter wheat
* soft wheat
* soft white wheat
* sort the wheat from the chaff
* spelt wheat (subspecies, syn. Triticum spelta)
* spring wheat
* starch wheat
* Turkey wheat
* wheat and chessboard problem
* wheat bag
* wheat beer
* Wheatbelt
* wheat belt, wheatbelt
* wheat bisk
* wheat bread
* wheat bug
* wheatear (Oenanthe spp.)
* wheat-eel
* wheaten
* wheaten terrier
* wheat flour
* wheat fly
* wheat germ
* wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum, Agropyron spp.)
* wheatish
* wheatland
* wheat leaf rust (certain species in Pucciniales)
* wheatmeal
* wheat midge
* wheat mildew
* wheat paste
* wheat penny
* Wheat Ridge
* wheat rust (See wheat leaf rust.)
* wheat sawfly
* wheat starch
* wheat thief
* wheat weevil
* wheatworm (Anguina tritici)
* whole-wheat
* winnow the wheat from the chaff
* winter wheat

### Related terms

* white

### See also

* aleurone
* bulgur
* dermatitis herpetiformis
* einkorn wheat (Triticum boeoticum (wild), Triticum monococcum (domesticated))
* emmer (Triticum turgidum)
* farina
* flour
* frumentaceous
* frumenty
* leghorn
* panipuri
* semolina
* spelt (Triticum spelta)
* tabbouleh
* udon
* zein
* Appendix:Colors

### Anagrams

* Hewat, aweth, wathe