wheat
noun[U]
uk/wiːt/us/wiːt/B2
aplantwhose yellowish-browngrainis used for makingflour, or thegrainitself:
小麦wheatfields小麦田
Wheat is astaplecropfor millions ofpeopleacrosstheworld.小麦是一种为全世界亿万人提供主食的农作物。
See also
wholewheatmainlyUS
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- Many wheatfarmershavebeguntodiversifyinto otherformsofagriculture.
- Wedrovepastfieldsofripeningwheat.
- If heeatsanything with wheat in it he's verysick.
- The newvarietiesof wheat are goodgrowerseveninpoorsoil.
- In the US,winterwheat isharvestedin the earlysummer.
Cereals
- amaranth
- arborio
- arborio rice
- barley
- basmati
- cottonseed
- dent corn
- durum wheat
- einkorn
- emmer
- Indian corn
- kasha
- long-grain rice
- maize
- malt
- quinoa
- rice
- rolled oats
- rye
- semolina
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Common plants
Idiom
separate the wheat from the chaff