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Corm vs Wheat - What's the difference?

corm | wheat |

As nouns the difference between corm and wheat

is that corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought while wheat is (countable) any of several cereal grains, of the genus triticum , that yields flour as used in bakery.

As an adjective wheat is

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

corm

English

Noun

(wikipedia corm) (en noun)
  • A short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

    • Derived terms

    * cormel * cormlet

    Related terms

    * cormoid * cormus

    wheat

    English

    (wikipedia wheat) (Triticum)

    Noun

  • (countable) any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum , that yields flour as used in bakery.
  • (uncountable) a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

    • Derived terms

    * buckwheat * cracked wheat * durum wheat * hard wheat * Marquis wheat * separate the wheat from the chaff * shredded wheat * soft wheat * starch wheat * wheat belt * wheat bread * wheat flour * wheat germ * wheat rust * wheatear * wheaten * wheaten terrier * wheatgrass * wheatland * wheatmeal * wheatworm * whole-wheat * winter wheat

    Related terms

    * white

    See also

    * aleurone * bulgur * dermatitis herpetiformis * einkorn * emmer * farina * flour * frumentaceous * frumenty * leghorn * pani puri * semolina * spelt * tabbouleh * udon * zein *