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wheat

(wēt, hwēt)

1. 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.

2. The grain of any of these grasses, ground to produce flour used in breads, pasta, and other foods.

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

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wheat

(wiːt)

1. (Plants) 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

2. (Cookery) the grain of any of these grasses, used in making flour, pasta, etc

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

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wheat

(ʰwit, wit)

n.

1. the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, esp. T. aestivum, used in the form of flour.

2. the plant itself.

[before 900; Middle English whete, Old English hwǣte, c. Old Saxon hwēti, Old High German weizi, Old Norse hveiti, Gothic hwaiteis; akin to white]

wheat′less, adj.

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Noun	1.	wheat - annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet genus Triticum, Triticum - annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions wheat berry - a grain of wheat durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum - 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 soft wheat - wheat with soft starch kernels used in pastry and breakfast cereals common wheat, Triticum aestivum - widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta - hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed emmer, starch wheat, Triticum dicoccum, two-grain spelt - hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, wild emmer, wild wheat - found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
	2.	wheat - grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour wheat berry food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses bulghur, bulgur, bulgur wheat - parched crushed wheat cracked wheat - grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces wheat germ - embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins common wheat, Triticum aestivum - widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
	3.	wheat - a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white pale yellow, straw yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Translations

قَمْحقَمْح، حِنْطَه

pšenice

hvede

vehnä

pšenica

búza

hveiti

frumento grano

小麦

밀

kviečiaikviečiųkvietinis

kvieši

pšenica

vete

ข้าวสาลี

buğday

lúa mì

冬小麦小麦

wheat

[wiːt]

A. N → trigo m
to separate the wheat from the chaff → separar la cizaña or la paja del buen grano

B. CPD → de trigo, trigueño
wheat loaf N → pan m de trigo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wheat

[ˈ^hwiːt] n → blé m, froment m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wheat

n → Weizen m; to separate the wheat from the chaff (fig) → die Spreu vom Weizen trennen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wheat

[wiːt] n → grano, frumento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wheat

(wiːt) noun

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

ˈwheaten adjective

made of wheat. a wheaten loaf.

wheat

→ قَمْح pšenice hvede Weizen σιτάρι trigo vehnä blé pšenica grano 小麦 밀 tarwe hvete pszenica trigo пшеница vete ข้าวสาลี buğday lúa mì 小麦

wheat

n. trigo;

___ germ → germen de ___.

wheat

n trigo

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While the train flashed through never-ending miles of ripe wheat, by country towns and bright-flowered pastures and oak groves wilting in the sun, we sat in the observation car, where the woodwork was hot to the touch and red dust lay deep over everything.

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The point is that the wheat he grew is still in the world.

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The richer or the more energetic among them sowed buckwheat for home consumption; sometimes they raised a crop of barley or oats, but wheat was unknown.

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It is also the vilest affection, and the most depraved; for which cause it is the proper attribute of the devil, who is called, the envious man, that soweth tares amongst the wheat by night; as it always cometh to pass, that envy worketh subtilly, and in the dark, and to the prejudice of good things, such as is the wheat.

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It was filled with wheat straw nearly to the roof and it was an awful distance from us to the floor.

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The snow, however, finally disappeared, and the green wheat fields were seen in every direction, spotted with the dark and charred stumps that had, the preceding season, supported some of the proudest trees of the forest.