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NOUN | 1 | wheat, corn | Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains |
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2 | wheat, wheat berry | Grains of common wheat |
Sounds | hhwiy't; wiy't |
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Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains. |
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Synonyms | corn |
Member of | Triticum, genus Triticum |
Parts | wheat berry |
Narrower | durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat; soft wheat; common wheat, Triticum aestivum; spelt, Triticum spelta, Triticum aestivum spelta; emmer, starch wheat, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum; wild wheat, wild emmer, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides |
Broader | cereal, cereal grass |
Meaning | Grains of common wheat. Sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal. Usually ground into flour. |
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Synonyms | wheat berry |
Part of | common wheat, Triticum aestivum |
Parts | wheat germ |
Narrower | bulgur, bulghur, bulgur wheat |
Broader | grain, food grain, cereal |
Adjectives | wheaten, whole-wheat, wholemeal |