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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wheat \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon gingeon of uncertain origin; cf L. vipio -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. {Bald-faced}, or {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American widgeon. {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck. {Gray widgeon}. a The gadwall. b The pintail duck. {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard. {Pied widgeon}. a The poachard. b The goosander. {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser. {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary. {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler. {White widgeon}, the smew. {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wheat n 1: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains [syn: {corn}] 2: grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour [syn: {wheat berry}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Wheat 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). From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can with some difficulty be made and which is used also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread _per capita_ of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.
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