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wheat

N ข้าวสาลี  ต้น ข้าวสาลี  kao-sa-le

 

wheat

N สีเหลือง อ่อน  wheaten se-luang-on

 

wheat

N เมล็ดข้าว สาลี  med-kao-sa-le

 

wheat germ

N ส่วน นิวเคลียส หรือ แกนกลาง ของ เมล็ดข้าว สาลี  เป็น ส่วน ที่ มี วิตามิน มาก  suan-nil-kis-rue-kan-klang-kong-ma-led-sa-le

 

wheaten

ADJ ทำ จาก แป้งสาลี หรือ ข้าวสาลี  tam-jak-pang-sa-le-rue-kao-sa-le

 

wheaten

ADJ ที่ มี สีเหลือง อ่อน  ti-me-se-luang-on

 

wheaten

N ี สีเหลือง อ่อน  wheat se-luang-on

 

wheatworm

N หนอน ขนาดเล็ก ซึ่ง ขัดขวาง การเจริญเติบโต ของ ข้าวสาลี (ชื่อ ละติน คือ  Anguina tritici non-ka-nad-lek-sueng-kad-kwang-kan-ja-roen-tob-to

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHEAT

n.[G.] A plant of the genus Triticum, and the seed of the plant, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and next to rice, is the grain most generally used by the human race. Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, etc.

 

WHEAT-BIRD

n.A bird that feeds on wheat.

 

WHEAT-EAR

n.The English name of the Motacilla aenanthe; called also white-tail and fallow-finch.

 

WHEATEN

a.Hweetn. Made of wheat; as wheaten bread.

 

WHEAT-PLUM

n.A sort of plum.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WHEAT

Wheat, n. Etym: [OE. whete, AS. hwte; akin to OS. hwti, D. weit, G.weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. while. See White. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

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. (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 (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap of growing wheat. -- Wheat beetle. (Zoöl.) (a ) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus Surinamensis ) whose larvæ feed upon wheat, rice, and other grains. (b ) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium paniceum ) whose larvæ eat the interior of grains of wheat. -- Wheat duck (Zoöl.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.] -- Wheat fly. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) See Jointworm. -- Wheat louse (Zoöl.), any wheat aphid. -- Wheat maggot (Zoöl.), the larva of a wheat midge. -- Wheat midge. (Zoöl.) (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 larvæ suck the juice of the young kernels and when full grown change to pupæ in the earth. (b ) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian. -- Wheat moth (Zoöl.), 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 (Bot. ), gromwell; -- so called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell. -- Wheat thrips (Zoöl.), a small brown thrips (Thrips cerealium ) which is very injurious to the grains of growing wheat. -- Wheat weevil. (Zoöl.) (a ) The grain weevil. (b ) The rice weevil when found in wheat.

 

WHEATBIRD

WHEATBIRD Wheat "bird `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.

 

WHEATEAR

WHEATEAR Wheat "ear `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe ). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell,dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.

 

WHEATEN

Wheat "en, a. Etym: [AS. hwæten.]

 

Defn: Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread. Cowper.

 

WHEAT RUST

WHEAT RUST Wheat rust.

 

Defn: A disease of wheat and other grasses caused by the rust fungus Puccinia graminis; also, the fungus itself.

 

WHEAT SAWFLY

WHEAT SAWFLY Wheat sawfly. (a ) A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmæus ) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks. (b ) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus Dolerus, as D. sericeus and D. arvensis, whose larvæ injure the stems or heads of wheat. (c ) Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larvæ feed chiefly on the blades of wheat; -- called also grass sawfly.

 

WHEATSEL BIRD

WHEATSEL BIRD Wheat "sel bird `. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The male of the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

WHEATSTONE'S BRIDGE

WHEATSTONE'S BRIDGE Wheat "stone's bridge `. (Elec.)

 

Defn: See under Bridge.

 

WHEATSTONE'S RODS

WHEATSTONE'S RODS Wheat "stone's rods. (Acoustics )

 

Defn: Flexible rods the period of vibration of which in two planes at right angles are in some exact ratio to one another. When one end of such a rod is fixed, the free end describes in vibrating the corresponding Lissajous figure. So called because devised by Sir Charles Wheatstone.

 

WHEATWORM

WHEATWORM Wheat "worm `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici ) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wheat

wheat |(h )wēt (h )wit | noun a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc. [Genus Triticum, family Gramineae: several species, including bread wheat (T. aestivum ) and durum wheat, and many distinctive cultivars. ] the grain of this plant. PHRASES separate the wheat from the chaff see chaff 1. ORIGIN Old English hwǣte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white .

 

wheat belt

wheat belt noun (the wheat belt ) a region where wheat is the chief agricultural product.

 

wheatear

wheat ear |ˈ (h )wētˌir ˈwidɪər | noun a mainly Eurasian and African songbird related to the chats, with black and buff or black and white plumage and a white rump. [Genus Oenanthe, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae: several species, in particular the gray-backed northern wheatear (O. oenanthe ), found in the arctic barrens of Eurasia and northeastern Canada. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: apparently from white (assimilated to wheat ) + arse (assimilated to ear 2 ).

 

wheaten

wheat en |ˈ (h )wētn ˈwitn | adjective (esp. of bread ) made of wheat. of a color resembling that of wheat; a pale yellow-beige.

 

wheaten terrier

wheat en ter ri er noun a terrier of a breed with a pale golden soft wavy coat.

 

wheat germ

wheat germ noun a nutritious foodstuff of a dry floury consistency consisting of the extracted embryos of grains of wheat.

 

wheatgrass

wheat grass |ˈ (h )wētˌgras ˈwitɡræs | noun another term for couch grass.

 

wheatish

wheatish adjective Indian (of the complexion ) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.

 

Wheatley, Phillis

Wheat ley, Phillis |ˈ (h )wētlē ˈwitli | (c.1752 –84 ), American poet; born in Africa. She was sold as a slave at age eight to the John Wheatley family of Boston. She was educated by them and then accompanied a member of the family to London, where her first volume of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773 ), was published.

 

wheatmeal

wheat meal |ˈ (h )wētˌmēl ˈ (h )witˌmil | noun flour made from wheat from which some of the bran and germ has been removed.

 

Wheaton

Whea ton |ˈ (h )wētn ˈwitn | a city in northeastern Illinois, west of Chicago; pop. 54,465 (est. 2008 ).

 

Wheat State

Wheat State a nickname for the state of Kansas.

 

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

Wheat stone, Sir Charles |ˈ (h )wētˌstōn ˈwitstoʊn | (1802 –75 ), English physicist and inventor. He is best known for his electrical inventions.

 

Wheatstone bridge

Wheat stone bridge noun a simple circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by connecting it so as to form a quadrilateral with three known resistances and applying a voltage between a pair of opposite corners.

 

Oxford Dictionary

wheat

wheat |wiːt | noun [ mass noun ] a cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc. Genus Triticum, family Gramineae: several species, including bread wheat (T. aestivum ) and durum wheat, and many distinctive cultivars. the grain of wheat. PHRASES separate the wheat from the chaff see chaff 1. ORIGIN Old English hwǣte of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white .

 

wheat belt

wheat belt noun a region where wheat is the chief agricultural product.

 

wheat bunt

wheat bunt noun see bunt 3.

 

wheatear

wheat |ear |ˈwiːtɪə | noun a mainly Eurasian and African songbird related to the chats, with black and buff or black and white plumage and a white rump. Genus Oenanthe, family Turdidae: several species, in particular the grey-backed ( northern ) wheatear (O. oenanthe ) of Eurasia and NE Canada. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: apparently from white (assimilated to wheat ) + arse (assimilated to ear 2 ).

 

wheaten

wheat ¦en |ˈwiːt (ə )n | adjective made from the grains or flour of wheat: a wheaten loaf. of a colour resembling that of wheat; a pale yellow-beige.

 

wheaten terrier

wheat ¦en ter |rier noun a terrier of a breed with a soft, wavy pale golden coat.

 

wheatgerm

wheat |germ |ˈwiːtdʒəːm | noun [ mass noun ] a nutritious foodstuff of a dry floury consistency consisting of the extracted embryos of grains of wheat.

 

wheatgrass

wheat |grass |ˈwiːtgrɑːs | noun another term for couch 2.

 

wheatish

wheatish adjective Indian (of the complexion ) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.

 

Wheatley, Phillis

Wheat ley, Phillis |ˈ (h )wētlē ˈwitli | (c.1752 –84 ), American poet; born in Africa. She was sold as a slave at age eight to the John Wheatley family of Boston. She was educated by them and then accompanied a member of the family to London, where her first volume of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773 ), was published.

 

wheatmeal

wheat |meal |ˈwiːtmiːl | noun [ mass noun ] flour made from wheat from which some of the bran and germ has been removed.

 

Wheaton

Whea ton |ˈ (h )wētn ˈwitn | a city in northeastern Illinois, west of Chicago; pop. 54,465 (est. 2008 ).

 

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

Wheatstone, Sir Charles |ˈwiːtstən | (1802 –75 ), English physicist and inventor. He is best known for his electrical inventions which included an electric clock, the Wheatstone bridge, the rheostat, and with Sir W. F. Cooke, the electric telegraph.

 

Wheatstone bridge

Wheat |stone bridge |ˈwiːtstən | noun a simple circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by connecting it so as to form a quadrilateral with three known resistances and applying a voltage between a pair of opposite corners.

 

Duden Dictionary

Wheatstonebrücke

Wheat s tone brü cke, Wheat stone brü cke Substantiv, feminin Physik , die |ˈwiːtstən …|nach dem britischen Physiker Sir Ch. Wheatstone (1802 –1875 )spezielle Schaltung 1b zur Messung elektrischer Widerstände, wobei vier Widerstände (einschließlich der zu messenden ) zu einem geschlossenen Stromkreis verbunden werden

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wheat

wheat /(h )wiːt /〖語源は 「白い 」(white )〗名詞 s /-ts /U 〖まれに種類では 可算 1 (食用穀類としての )小麦 grind wheat into flour 小麦を粉にひく wheat flour 小麦粉 ▸ a wheat field 小麦畑 2 〘植 〙(植物名としての )コムギ No wheat without its darnel .ことわざ 雑草のない畑なし s parate [sort (ut )] the wh at from the ch ff 役に立つ人 [物 ]とそうでないものを分ける, 取捨選択する .~́ b lt the 小麦 (生産 )地帯 .~́ br ad 全粒小麦粉入りパン .~́ g rm 小麦胚芽, 麦芽 .