winter wheat

noun

A type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.

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Meanings

nounwinter wheat (countable and uncountable, plural winter wheats)

plural winter wheats

  1. countableuncountableA type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.

Translations

Finnish syysvehnä
  • syysvehnätype of wheat
French blé d'hiver
  • blé d'hivertype of wheat
German Winterweizen
  • Winterweizentype of wheat
Italian frumento invernale
  • frumento invernaletype of wheat
Latin silīgō
  • silīgōtype of wheat
Spanish trigo de invierno
  • trigo de inviernotype of wheat
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APA

winter wheat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winter%20wheat

MLA

“winter wheat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winter%20wheat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winter wheat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winter%20wheat.

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