wheat berry
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5.3
- noun
- /wiːt ˈbɛri/
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grano de trigo
- I miss bread and wheat berry dishes.
- cook wheat berries
- soak wheat berries
- cup of wheat berries
We had a bin of wheat that was like irregular shaped or cracked or like some of the wheat berries still had holes attached to them.
- We had a bin of wheat that was like irregular shaped or cracked or like some of the wheat berries still had holes attached to them.
Examples
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But I, oh God, I make a wheat Berry salad with some nuts and whole grains in there and I eat hummus all the time.
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You can find wheat berries in many health food stores and markets that sell whole grains.
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We bought apples, wheat berries, oranges, and more.
Fiction book (1997) -
Wheat berries.
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One idea is to make stuffing or a side dish from wheat berries grown in New York or Vermont.
Blog text (18) -
- They're wheat berries.
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We had a bin of wheat that was like irregular shaped or cracked or like some of the wheat berries still had holes attached to them.
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To make a nutritious salad, combine cooked wheat berries, fresh vegetables, and a light dressing.
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After boiling, let the wheat berries cool before adding them to your favorite grain bowl.
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Morphology
wheat + berry
The head noun 'wheat' clearly identifies the source, and 'berry' conveys a small, rounded unit, so a learner can partly infer this refers to a small unit of wheat. However, 'berry' normally denotes a fruit, and its specialized culinary use to mean 'whole grain/kernel' is non-literal and register-specific, so the exact meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Wheat berry comes from a simple picture: the small, round seed of the wheat plant looked like a little berry. So wheat berry means the 'whole grain' — the complete kernel that is not processed, the part you can cook or grind.