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Definition: Agropyrum caninum

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.
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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.
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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.
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