单词 | wheat midge |
释义 | wheat /(h)wēt/nounAny cereal grass of the genus Triticum, or its grain, from which a white or brown flour for bread, etc is produced (variously classified as bearded wheat, beardless wheator bald wheat, according to the presence or absence of awns or beard; as white, red or amber wheat according to colour; and as winter or spring wheat (also summer wheat) according to whether it is a type normally sown in autumn or spring) ORIGIN: OE hwǣte; Ger Weizen; related to white; named from its colour wheatˈen adjective
wheatˈy adjective Tasting of wheat wheat berry or wheat corn noun The grain of wheat wheat bird noun The chaffinch wheat crop noun wheat ear noun An ear of wheat wheat-ear stitch noun A fancy stitch in embroidery wheat eel noun
wheatˈfield noun wheat fly noun The name of several flies that destroy wheat, eg the Hessian fly wheat germ noun The vitamin-rich germ or embryo of wheat, part of a grain of wheat wheatˈgrass noun The young grass of wheat, the juice of which is valued for its nutritional qualities wheatˈmeal noun Wheat flour with some of the bran and germ removed wheat midge noun A dipterous insect that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels wheat mildew noun Either of two fungus diseases of wheat wheat moth noun Any of several small moths whose larvae devour stored wheat wheat sheaf noun A sheaf of wheat wheatworm see wheat eel above. separate the wheat from the chaff To identify (esp by some test) the superior members of any group |
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