1. Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
   "The combine harvester efficiently gathered the wheat from the vast fields";
   - corn [Brit]
    
2. Grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
   "The bakery used organic wheat berries in their artisanal bread"; "We added wheat to our vegetable soup for extra texture";
   - wheat berry, corn [Brit]
    
3. A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
   "The walls were painted a soothing wheat";
   - pale yellow, straw

Derived forms: wheats

Type of: cereal, cereal grass, food grain, grain, yellow, yellowness

Part of: common wheat, genus Triticum, Triticum, Triticum aestivum

Encyclopedia: Wheat, Mark