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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wheat /hwit, wit/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Plant Biology, Foodthe grain of a cereal grass used in the form of flour.
- Plant Biologythe plant itself.
wheat•en, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wheat (hwēt, wēt),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, esp. T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- Plant Biologythe plant itself.
- bef. 900; Middle English whete, Old English hwǣte; cognate with German Weizen, Old Norse hveiti, Gothic hwaiteis; akin to white
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