Word Meanings - WHEAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A cereal grass 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

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A cereal grass 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. See Buckwheat. -- German wheat. See 2d Spelt. -- Guinea wheat , a name for Indian corn. -- Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat , a grain (Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only half as large. -- Turkey wheat , a name for Indian corn. -- Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis , any one of several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap of growing wheat. -- Wheat beetle. A small, slender, rusty brown beetle whose larvæ feed upon wheat, rice, and other grains. A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium paniceum) whose larvæ eat the interior of grains of wheat. -- Wheat duck , the American widgeon. -- Wheat fly. Same as Wheat midge, below. -- Wheat grass , a kind of grass somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts of Europe and America. -- Wheat jointworm. See Jointworm. -- Wheat louse , any wheat aphid. -- Wheat maggot , the larva of a wheat midge. -- Wheat midge. 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 larvæ suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pupæ in the earth. The Hessian fly. See under Hessian. -- Wheat moth , any moth whose larvæ devour the grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain. -- Wheat thief , gromwell; -- so called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell. -- Wheat thrips , a small brown thrips which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat. -- Wheat weevil. The grain weevil. The rice weevil when found in wheat. (more info) weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth.

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• WHITECAP
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
• WHITE-FRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• WHITE FLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• CEREALIA
  Public festivals in honor of Ceres. 2. The cereals. Crabb.
• WHITESTER
  A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster.
• WHITE-HEART
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• GRAINED
  Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers. (more info) 1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough. 2. Dyed in grain; ingrained. Persons lightly dipped,
• WHITESIDE
  The golden-eye.
• FLOURY
  Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens.
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• HUMANIFY
  To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate. The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson.
• WHITE-EAR
  The wheatear.
• WHITEBLOW
  See WHITLOW
• BREADBASKET
  The stomach. S. Foote.
• HUMANIZE
  To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. (more info) 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business
• GRASSLESS
  Destitute of grass.
• HUMANITARIANISM
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• BREADFRUIT
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• WHITEWING
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• WHITEWALL
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• DEFLOURER
  One who deflours; a ravisher.
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• INHUMANITY
  The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns.
• INNUMEROUS
  Innumerable. Milton.
• HEPPELWHITE
  Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.
• INGRAIN
  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. 2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. --