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wheat thief

wheat thief noun: gromwell.

Noun

wheat thief (uncountable)

  1. Gromwell.

Origin of wheat thief

So called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields.

Questions about wheat thief

What does wheat thief mean?
Wheat thief means gromwell.
What part of speech is wheat thief?
Wheat thief is a noun.

Words near wheat thief in the dictionary

  1. wheat rust
  2. wheat rusts
  3. wheat sawflies
  4. wheat sawfly
  5. wheat starch
  6. wheat thief
  7. wheat weevil
  8. wheat weevils
  9. wheat-ear
  10. wheat-ears
  11. wheat-eddish

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