wheat

[hweet, weet] /ʰwit, wit/

noun

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

the plant itself.

Origin

before 900; Middle English whete, Old English hwǣte; cognate with German Weizen, Old Norse hveiti, Gothic hwaiteis; akin to white

Related forms

wheatless, adjective

Examples from the web for wheat

The bees are also going, whose going to fertilise every flower to get a grain of wheat or whatever.
Making honey-wheat muffins with home-grown, home-ground wheat.
We have all seen changes as considerable in wheat and caterpillars.
They ate the wheat seedlings and the rye and started on the corn.
Its spores ride the wind, wiping out wheat crops and breaching our best defenses.
Gold is more valuable than wheat, even though you can't eat it.
They cleared away patches of shoreline and forest and planted them with wheat and barley.
Rice is dominant in the center and south, while wheat and millet dominate the north.
And that includes admitting our mistakes, pointing out limitations wherever applicable, and separating the wheat from the chaff.
However,the rise in corn prices has brought the price of other grains up, such as wheat and soybeans.

British Dictionary definitions for wheat

wheat

/wiːt/

noun

any annual or biennial grass of the genus Triticum, native to the Mediterranean region and W Asia but widely cultivated, having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

the grain of any of these grasses, used in making flour, pasta, etc

See also emmer, durum

Word Origin

Old English hwǣte, related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon hwēti, Old High German hweizi, Old Norse hveiti; see white

Word Origin and History for wheat

Old English hwæte "wheat," from Proto-Germanic *khwaitijaz (cf. Old Saxon hweti, Old Norse hveiti, Norwegian kveite, Old Frisian hwete, Middle Dutch, Dutch weit, Old High German weizzi, German Weizen, Gothic hvaiteis "wheat"), literally "that which is white," from *khwitaz-, the source of Old English 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.

wheat in the Bible

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).