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wheat

UK/ˈwiːt/ US/ˈwɪi̯t/ fairly common

noun

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annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

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Origin

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

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