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Noun: wheat berry  weet be-ree
  1. A grain of wheat
    "She added wheat berries to her salad for extra texture and nutrition"
     
  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";
    - wheat, corn [Brit]

Derived forms: wheat berries

Type of: caryopsis, cereal, food grain, grain

Part of: common wheat, corn [Brit], Triticum aestivum, wheat

Encyclopedia: Wheat berry