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单词 wheaty
释义

wheat /(h)wēt/

noun

Any 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

  1. Made of wheat
  2. Wholemeal
  3. Of the colour of ripe wheat

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

  1. (also wheatˈworm) a small nematode worm that makes its way up wheat stems to the ears
  2. The disease it causes (also ear-cockle)

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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