Meaning of WHEAT
| Pronunciation: | | weet
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- [n] grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
- [n] annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
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| | Synonyms: | | corn, wheat berry |
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| | See Also: | | bulghur, bulgur, bulgur wheat, cereal, cereal, cereal grass, common wheat, common wheat, durum, durum wheat, emmer, food grain, genus Triticum, grain, hard wheat, maccaroni wheat, soft wheat, spelt, starch wheat, Triticum, Triticum aestivum, Triticum aestivum, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum dicoccum, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta, Triticum turgidum, two-grain spelt, wheat berry, wheat germ, wild emmer, wild wheat | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, 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.
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.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of
several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the
sap of growing wheat.
{Wheat beetle}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larv[ae] feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larv[ae] eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
{Wheat duck} (Zo["o]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.
S.]
{Wheat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jointworm}.
{Wheat louse} (Zo["o]l.), any wheat aphid.
{Wheat maggot} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.
{Wheat midge}. (Zo["o]l.)
(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
larv[ae] suck the juice of the young kernels and when
full grown change to pup[ae] in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.
{Wheat moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth whose larv[ae] 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} (Zo["o]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
{Wheat weevil}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a field of wheat in your dream means success in your goals.
Seeing large grains of wheat, symbolizes prosperity and opened doors in your endeavors. |
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| | Definition: | | one of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name _hittah_, and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are various species of wheat. That which Pharaoh saw in his dream was the Triticum compositum, which bears several ears upon one stalk (Gen. 41:5). The "fat of the kidneys of wheat" (Deut. 32:14), and the "finest of the wheat" (Ps. 81:16; 147:14), denote the best of the kind. It was exported from Palestine in great quantities (1 Kings 5:11; Ezek. 27:17; Acts 12:20). Parched grains of wheat were used for food in Palestine (Ruth 2:14; 1 Sam. 17:17; 2 Sam. 17:28). The disciples, under the sanction of the Mosaic law (Deut. 23:25), plucked ears of corn, and rubbing them in their hands, ate the grain unroasted (Matt. 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). Before any of the wheat-harvest, however, could be eaten, the first-fruits had to be presented before the Lord (Lev. 23:14). |
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