Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
{Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}.
{German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}.
{Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
{Indian wheat}, or {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain
({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
{Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
{Wheat aphid}, or {Wheat aphis} (Zo["o]l.), any one of
several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the
sap of growing wheat.
{Wheat beetle}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larv[ae] feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larv[ae] eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
{Wheat duck} (Zo["o]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.
S.]
{Wheat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below.
{Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum})
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
{Wheat jointworm}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jointworm}.
{Wheat louse} (Zo["o]l.), any wheat aphid.
{Wheat maggot} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.
{Wheat midge}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larv[ae] suck the juice of the young kernels and when
full grown change to pup[ae] in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.
{Wheat moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth whose larv[ae] devour the
grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain
moth. See {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under
{Grain}.
{Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}.
{Wheat thrips} (Zo["o]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
{Wheat weevil}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
{Bald-faced}, or {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American
widgeon.
{Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck.
{Gray widgeon}.
(a) The gadwall.
(b) The pintail duck.
{Great headed widgeon}, the poachard.
{Pied widgeon}.
(a) The poachard.
(b) The goosander.
{Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser.
{Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]
{Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler.
{Wood widgeon}, the wood duck.