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common wheat

common wheat

1 2.3
A grain plant that people grow widely for flour used in bread and pasta
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːmən wiːt/
: trigo común
  • In the bakery, the chef used common wheat flour to create delicious pastries.

Examples

  • "Leaf rust is the most common wheat disease in the United States and worldwide, causing yearly losses in all wheat classes," Kolmer says.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The farmer decided to plant common wheat this year for its excellent yield.

  • Bread made from common wheat is a staple in many households around the world.

Synonyms

wheat
vscommon wheat
210 1.0

A common farm plant whose grain is ground to make flour

is the specific widely cultivated species grown in temperate regions for commercial grain
Triticum aestivum
vscommon wheat
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A common type of wheat grown for grain used to make bread and pasta

emphasizes temperate region cultivation and the grain's commercial importance

How Common

staple dish
1 3.2
common wheat
1 2.3
garden pea
1 1.0

Surface Forms

common wheat singular
common wheats plural

Morphology

common + wheat

The meaning is directly compositional: 'common' (widely occurring/widely cultivated) modifies 'wheat' (the cereal), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a widely grown type of wheat. There is no idiomatic shift or metaphorical meaning, and the construction is cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

Common wheat is a name from farming. Common means 'ordinary' and wheat is the grain people grow for bread, so the name points to the usual, widely grown wheat used for most flour today.