Meaning

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

noun grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour

noun a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

originFrom 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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