wheat

wheat
noun
  1. [mass noun]a cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc.
    小麦
  2. Genus Triticum, family Gramineae: several species, including bread wheat (T. aestivum) and durum wheat, and many distinctive cultivars
    小麦属,禾本科:数种,包括普通小麦(拉丁名T.aestivum)和硬质小麦,以及许多不同的栽培变种
    ■the grain of this plant
    小麦粒
常用词组
separate the wheat from the chaff
  1. 见 chaff
语源
  1. Old English hwǣte of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white
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