Wheat is a derived term of wheatgrass.
As nouns the difference between wheatgrass and wheat
is that wheatgrass is young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption while wheat is 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.
wheatgrass
Noun
(en-noun)
Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum , used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
A grass of the genus , commonly known as (crested-wheat grass).
wheat
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.
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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
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