wheat

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
2. A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Adj

Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wiːt/

Etymology

From 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 Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.