[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wheat \wheat\ hw=et, n. oe. whete, as. hw=aete; akin to
   os. hw=eti, d. weit, g. weizen, ohg. weizzi, icel. hveiti,
   sw. hvete, dan. hvede, goth. hwaiteis, and e. white. see
   white. bot.
   a cereal grass triticum vulgare and its grain, which
   furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
   grain most largely used by the human race.
   1913 webster

   note: of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
         white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
         summer wheat, and the like. wheat is not known to exist
         as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
         origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
         1913 webster

   buck wheat. bot. see buckwheat.

   german wheat. bot. see 2d spelt.

   guinea wheat bot., a name for indian corn.

   indian wheat, or tartary wheat bot., a grain
      fagopyrum tartaricum much like buckwheat, but only
      half as large.

   turkey wheat bot., a name for indian corn.

   wheat aphid, or wheat aphis zool., any one of several
      species of aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
      of growing wheat.

   wheat beetle. zool.
   a a small, slender, rusty brown beetle sylvanus
       surinamensis whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
       other grains.
   b a very small, reddish brown, oval beetle anobium
       paniceum whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
       wheat.

   wheat duck zool., the american widgeon. western u. s.
      

   wheat fly. zool. same as wheat midge, below.

   wheat grass bot., a kind of grass agropyrum caninum
      somewhat resembling wheat. it grows in the northern parts
      of europe and america.

   wheat jointworm. zool. see jointworm.

   wheat louse zool., any wheat aphid.

   wheat maggot zool., the larva of a wheat midge.

   wheat midge. zool.
   a a small two-winged fly diplosis tritici which is very
       destructive to growing wheat, both in europe and america.
       the female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
       larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
       grown change to pupae in the earth.
   b the hessian fly. see under hessian.

   wheat moth zool., any moth whose larvae devour the grains
      of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. see
      angoumois moth, also grain moth, under grain.

   wheat thief bot., gromwell; -- so called because it is a
      troublesome weed in wheat fields. see gromwell.

   wheat thrips zool., a small brown thrips thrips
      cerealium which is very injurious to the grains of
      growing wheat.

   wheat weevil. zool.
   a the grain weevil.
   b the rice weevil when found in wheat.
       1913 webster
see also:
white triticum vulgare buck wheat buckwheat german wheat spelt 
guinea wheat indian wheat tartary wheat fagopyrum tartaricum turkey wheat 
wheat aphid wheat aphis aphis wheat beetle sylvanus surinamensis 
anobium paniceum wheat duck wheat fly wheat midge wheat grass 
agropyrum caninum wheat jointworm jointworm wheat louse wheat maggot 
diplosis tritici hessian wheat moth angoumois moth grain moth 
grain wheat thief gromwell wheat thrips thrips cerealium 
wheat weevil 

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Wheat Germ >> W Words
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Hard Wheat >> H Words
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Durum Wheat >> D Words
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