wheat 音标拼音: [w'it] [hw'it]
n . 麦子,小麦
麦子,小麦
wheat n 1 :
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains 2 :
grains of common wheat ;
sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal ;
usually ground into flour [
synonym : {
wheat }, {
wheat berry }]
3 :
a variable yellow tint ;
dull yellow ,
often diluted with white [
synonym : {
pale yellow }, {
straw }, {
wheat }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
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 } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of {
Aphis }
and allied genera ,
which suck the sap of growing wheat .
{
Wheat beetle }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A small ,
slender ,
rusty brown beetle ({
Sylvanus Surinamensis })
whose larvae feed upon wheat ,
rice ,
and other grains .
(
b )
A very small ,
reddish brown ,
oval beetle ({
Anobium paniceum })
whose larvae eat the interior of grains of wheat .
{
Wheat duck } (
Zool .),
the American widgeon . [
Western U .
S .]
{
Wheat fly }. (
Zool .)
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 }. (
Zool .)
See {
Jointworm }.
{
Wheat louse } (
Zool .),
any wheat aphid .
{
Wheat maggot } (
Zool .),
the larva of a wheat midge .
{
Wheat midge }. (
Zool .)
(
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 larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pupae in the earth .
(
b )
The Hessian fly .
See under {
Hessian }.
{
Wheat moth } (
Zool .),
any moth whose larvae 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 } (
Zool .),
a small brown thrips ({
Thrips cerealium })
which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat .
{
Wheat weevil }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The grain weevil .
(
b )
The rice weevil when found in wheat .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .] (
Zool .)
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 ({
Anas Americana })
are the most important species .
The latter is called also {
baldhead }, {
baldpate },
{
baldface }, {
baldcrown }, {
smoking duck }, {
wheat }, {
duck },
and {
whitebelly }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Bald -
faced widgeon },
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wheat ":
Bengal grass ,
English rye grass ,
Italian rye grass ,
Kentucky bluegrass ,
alfilaria ,
bamboo ,
barley ,
beach grass ,
beard grass ,
bent ,
bent grass ,
bird seed ,
black bent ,
bluegrass ,
bog grass ,
bran ,
buckwheat ,
buffalo grass ,
bulrush ,
bunch grass ,
canary grass ,
cane ,
cat food ,
chicken feed ,
chop ,
corn ,
cotton grass ,
crab grass ,
dog food ,
eatage ,
ensilage ,
feather grass ,
feed ,
flyaway grass ,
fodder ,
forage ,
four -
leaved grass ,
grain ,
grasses ,
hassock grass ,
hay ,
horsetail ,
little quaking grass ,
lovegrass ,
maize ,
mash ,
meadow fescue ,
meadow foxtail ,
meadow grass ,
meal ,
millet ,
myrtle grass ,
oats ,
paddy ,
palm -
leaved grass ,
pampas grass ,
papyrus ,
pasturage ,
pasture ,
peppergrass ,
pet food ,
provender ,
reed ,
ribbon grass ,
rice ,
rush ,
rye ,
scratch ,
scratch feed ,
scutch ,
sedge ,
sesame ,
sesame grass ,
silage ,
slops ,
sorghum ,
straw ,
striped grass ,
sugar cane ,
swill ,
switch grass ,
sword grass ,
tufted hair grass ,
wild oats ,
wire grass ,
woolly beard grass ,
worm grass ,
zebra grass ,
zoysia 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 ).
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