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cow-wheat

cow-wheat noun: any of several flowering plants in the genus Melampyrum.

cow-wheat: any of several flowering plants in the genus Melampyrum
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Noun

cow-wheat (countable and uncountable, plural cow-wheats)

  1. Any of several flowering plants in the genus Melampyrum.

Forms of cow-wheat

pluralcow-wheats
alternative formcow wheat
alternative formcowwheat

Origin of cow-wheat

From cow + wheat.

Questions about cow-wheat

What does cow-wheat mean?
Cow-wheat means any of several flowering plants in the genus Melampyrum.
What part of speech is cow-wheat?
Cow-wheat is a noun.
What is the plural of cow-wheat?
The plural of cow-wheat is cow-wheats.

Words near cow-wheat in the dictionary

  1. cow-punchers
  2. cow-tastrophe
  3. cow-tastrophes
  4. cow-tree
  5. cow-trees
  6. cow-wheat
  7. cow-wheats
  8. Cowa
  9. Cowabbie
  10. cowabonga
  11. cowabunga

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