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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} (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.
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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}.
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{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.
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